Manually Installing PHP in Linux

Before installing php,  we need to install apache.The most recent version of Apache HTTP Server may be obtained from >> Apache Download.

1) Download  & Unpack Apache HTTP server Package:

Download and unpack Apache http server package  from the location listed above, and unpack it.
Download Link: Apache Download

gzip -d httpd-2_x_NN.tar.gz
tar -xf httpd-2_x_NN.tar

2) Download  & Unpack PHP source Package:

Download Link: PHP Dowanlod

gunzip php-NN.tar.gz
tar -xf php-NN.tar

3) Build and install Apache:

cd httpd-2_x_NN
./configure --enable-so
make
make install

4) Start  & Start Apache:

/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

stop the  apache to configure php

/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl stop

5) Configure & Build  PHP Package:

cd ../php-NN
./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql
make
make install

6)Setup your php.ini

cp php.ini-development /usr/local/lib/php.ini

You may edit your .ini file to set PHP options. If you prefer having php.ini in another location, use --with-config-file-path=/some/path in step 5.

If you instead choose php.ini-production, be certain to read the list of changes within, as they affect how PHP behaves.

7) Edit your httpd.conf to load the PHP module:

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

8) Tell Apache to  parse PHP extensions:

If you instead choose php.ini-production, be certain to read the list of changes within, as they affect how PHP behaves.
let's have Apache parse .php files as PHP. Add to httpd.conf file.

<FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

Or, if we wanted to allow .php, .php2, .php3, .php4, .php5, .php6, and .phtml files to be executed as PHP, but nothing else, we'd use this:

FilesMatch "\.ph(p[2-6]?|tml)$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

And to allow .phps files to be handled by the php source filter, and displayed as syntax-highlighted source code, use this:

<FilesMatch "\.phps$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
</FilesMatch>

9) Start Apache:

/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

OR

service httpd restart

That’s all.

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