Step by step install PHP5 from source on Linux

Linux is an open operating system, meaning we can change, reduce, or even add something in this operating system, then what is the relation between php and Linux? php is one programming language to design a website, and all variants of Linux has been very supportive of this programming language, ok .. in my tutorial will discuss how to install php5 from source on linux because it would require a bit of distinctive technique, well let's get started
I assume you've installed the apache webserver and mysql, because php, apache, mysql is an integral and inseparable.

1. Download PHP
Download php from the official website here, looking for a stable version, in which case I'm using version  5.2.6, then open a terminal and type the following line
moved to /usr/local/src
#bzip2-d php-5.2.6.tar.bz2
#tar xvf php-5.2.6.tar


2. Install PHP
see all the configuration by typing. / configure - help or type the following line
#cd php-5.2.6
#./configure --help

php in the example below will be compiled and installed in the default location is / usr / local / lib with the configuration of apache and mysql support
#./configure - with-apxs2= /usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs - with-mysql
#make
#make install
#cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini


3. Configure httpd.conf for PHP
change the file in /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and add the following line

SetHandler application / x-httpd-php
</ FilesMatch>

The next load module php5_module, see example below
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

then restart your apache webserver
# /usr/local/bin/apache2/apachectl restart

4. Check the PHP installation

create a file named test.php in /usr/localapache2/htdocs, see example below

#nano test.php

go to localhost/test.php and binggo, php has been successfully installed on our computers.

Some of the mistakes that we might get later on during the installation process

Error 1: configure: error: xml2-config not found:

While performing the. /configure PHP during installation, you may get the Following error:

#./configure - with-apxs2 = /usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs - with-mysql

configuring extensions

checking whether to enable libxml support ... yes

checking libxml2 install dir ... no

checking for xml2-config path ...

configure: error: xml2-config not found. Please check your libxml2 installation.

Install thelibxml2-devel and zlib-devel as shown below to the fix this issue.

#rpm-ivh /home/downloads/linux-iso/libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.0.1.i386.rpm /home/downloads/linux-iso/zlib-devel-1.2.3-3.i386 . rpm

Preparing ... # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # [100%]

1: zlib-devel # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # [50 %]

2: libxml2-devel # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # [100 %]

Error 2: configure: error: Can not find MySQL header files.

While performing the. /Configure PHP during installation, you may get the Following error:

#./configure - with-apxs2 = /usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs - with-mysql

checking for MySQL UNIX socket location ... /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

configure: error: Can not find MySQL header files under yes.

Note That the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!

Install the MySQL-devel-community package as shown below to fix this issue.

#rpm-ivh /home/downloads/MySQL-devel-community-5.1.25-0.rhel5.i386.rpm

Preparing ... # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # [100%]

1: MySQL-devel-community # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # [100%]

Finally, good luck and have a nice day

References PHP Manual