How to Install PHP 5.3.3 on CentOS 5.x / 6.x

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a widely used, free and open-source server-side scripting language that was especially designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages and can be embedded into HTML. PHP applications are commonly found with the filename extensions .php, .php4, or .php5.

This guide will outline the process of installing (or upgrading to) PHP 5.3.3 on CentOS 5.x and 6.x operating system versions:

[root@server1 ~]# yum install php53-* -y

Transaction Summary
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Install 58 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 24 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/58): php53-recode-5.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm | 5.9 kB 00:00
(2/58): firebird-filesystem-2.1.4.18393.0-1.el5.i386.rpm | 6.6 kB 00:00
(3/58): php53-enchant-5.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm | 9.7 kB 00:00
(4/58): php53-mcrypt-5.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm | 16 kB 00:00
(5/58): php53-tidy-5.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm | 18 kB 00:00
(6/58): php53-php-gettext-1.0.11-3.el5.noarch.rpm | 20 kB 00:00
(7/58): zarafa-common-7.0.6-1.el5.i386.rpm | 21 kB 00:00
(8/58): boost141-system-1.41.0-2.el5.i386.rpm | 24 kB 00:00
(9/58): php53-pspell-5.3.3-7.el5_8.i386.rpm | 26 kB 00:00
(10/58): php53-mssql-5.3.3-1.el5.i386.rpm | 26 kB 00:00 Continue reading "How to Install PHP 5.3.3 on CentOS 5.x / 6.x"