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Install PHP

This page shows how to install PHP on CentOS 6 64bit.

Prerequisites

You must have a CentOS machine already set up in accordance with the the “Install CentOS 6” guide.

If you have only installed the minimal system, you will have to run the following command as root

yum -y install wget unzip man policycoreutils-python

yum -y install php php-mysql php-common php-gd php-mbstring php-soap php-xml

Restart the Apache web server

service httpd restart

If you want to test the installation, run the following command as root and then visit http://hostname/index.php

echo '<html><head><title>PHP Test</title></head><body><?php phpinfo(); ?></body></html>' >  /data/www/html/index.php

When installing MediaWiki, you may want to install APC. Install Dependency Packages for APC

yum install -y php-pear php-devel httpd-devel pcre-devel php-intl gcc make

Install APC Using PECL. Accept defaults when asked questions (just press enter)

pecl install apc

Enable APC PHP Extension

echo "extension=apc.so" > /etc/php.d/apc.ini

Restart the Apache web server

service httpd restart