Install PHP 5.62016/07/28

	The version of PHP in CentOS 6 repository is 5.3 but Install 5.6 with RPM package if you need.
[1]	It's possible to install from CentOS SCLo Software Collections. It's OK to install it even if 5.3 is already installed because 5.6 is located on another PATH.

# install from SCLo

[root@dlp ~]#

yum --enablerepo=centos-sclo-rh -y install rh-php56

[2]	Packages from Software Collections are installed uder the /opt directory. To use it, Load environment variables like follows.

# load environment variables

[root@dlp ~]#

scl enable rh-php56 bash

[root@dlp ~]#

php -v

PHP 5.6.5 (cli) (built: Mar 23 2016 19:16:57)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

[root@dlp ~]#

which php

/opt/rh/rh-php56/root/usr/bin/php

[3]	If you'd like to enable PHP 5.6 automatically at login time, configure like follows.

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/profile.d/rh-php56.sh

# create new

#!/bin/bash

source /opt/rh/rh-php56/enable
export X_SCLS="`scl enable rh-php56 'echo $X_SCLS'`"

[4]	This is an example to use 5.6 with Apache httpd. Configure it with Apache httpd 2.4 provided from SCLo on here.

# install from SCLo

[root@dlp ~]#

yum --enablerepo=centos-sclo-rh -y install rh-php56-php httpd24

[root@dlp ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop

[root@dlp ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd24-httpd start

Starting httpd: [ OK ]

# create phpinfo under the document-root to verify working

[root@dlp ~]#

echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' > /opt/rh/httpd24/root/var/www/html/info.php

[root@dlp ~]#

curl http://localhost/info.php | grep 'PHP Version' | tail -1 | sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 68819    0 68819    0     0  5529k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 6109k

PHP Version 5.6.5

[5]	For the case with Apache httpd 2.4 + PHP-FPM, Configure like follows.

# install from SCLo

[root@dlp ~]#

yum --enablerepo=centos-sclo-rh -y install rh-php56-php-fpm

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /opt/rh/httpd24/root/etc/httpd/conf.d/rh-php56-php.conf

# line 31: change like follows

SetHandler application/x-httpd-php

SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"

</FilesMatch>

[root@dlp ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/rh-php56-php-fpm start

[root@dlp ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd24-httpd restart

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