PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)

• is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language
• well suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML

Installation

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homebrew 0. Mac comes preinstalled with PHP php —version

1. install php56 using homebrew
brew install homebrew/php/php56
brew install php56

this would download php56 into /usr/local/Cellar directory

1. to install with the .so php module for httpd.conf
xcode-select —install
brew uninstall php56 -with-httpd24
brew install php56 —with-httpd24

reinstall didn’t create the libphp.so file
brew reinstall php56 —with-httpd24

2. optional other versions and stuff
brew search php
brew install <the name here>

3. get version
php —-version
php -v

4. get PHP .ini file info
php -i | grep php.ini
php —-ini

manual https://www.tutorialspoint.com/php/php_installation_linux.htm

0. download the PHP package

1. un-package package - hehehe
gunzip -c php-5.x.tar.gz
tar -xvf php-5.x.tar
cd php-5.x

2. Configure and Build your PHP, assuming you are using MySQL database
./configure —with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs —with-mysql=/usr/bin/mysql
make
make install

General

• PHP Application Servers
• PHP Build Tools
• PHP Example Projects
• PHP Extra Features