Setup PHP

PHP is a scripting language designed to fill the gap between SSI (Server Side Includes) and Perl, intended for the web environment

1. Setup PHP

   yum -y install http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
   yum -y install http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
   yum --enablerepo=remi -y install php php-devel php-mysql
   

2. Install Extensions

   yum -y install php-pecl-ssh2 php-mcrypt php-soap php-xml php-xmlrpc php-openssl php-mbstring
   # Common PHP modules required by CMS Systems like Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal
   yum -y install php-gd php-imap php-ldap php-odbc php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc php-mbstring php-snmp php-soap php-tidy curl curl-devel
   # APC is a free and open PHP opcode cacher for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code
   yum -y install php-pecl-apc
   

3. Install phpMyAdmin

   a. Install:

   yum -y install phpmyadmin
   

   b. Configure file /etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php for pass required password

   vi /etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
   

   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config'; //config, http or cookie
   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'root';
   

4. Useful resources

   Snippet PHP

   Xdebug - Debugger and Profiler Tool for PHP