Category: Scripting

Add c5-testing repository to yum:

You can then view the latest available php packages with:

Then you can install them with:

Every time I need a PHP class to handle sending email I turn to Swift Mailer at: http://swiftmailer.org. It’s feature rich and easy to use. Only downside is it doesn’t work for PHP4.

If the traditional “pecl install APC” style command is not working for some reason, here is the manual procedure:

How can I determine what version of PHP is running on my server? If you have command line access to the server then type:

or

And you’ll get a result similar to this:

Be careful using this approach. It is possible that there is more then one install of PHP on your server and the webserver may be using an install that is not in your command line path. Use the whereis command to check for multiple installs like this:

Notice the second install at /usr/local/bin/php. If we check the version of the second install we might get different. Another way to determine the version is to create a test page on the webserver. Place the following line in the file:

Call the file “test.php”. Next with a web browser access the file with: http://www.myserver.com/test.php You’ll get back an extensive report on the configuration of