How to install PHP5.3 in CentOS 5.5?

Question

I am very new to Linux world, sorry if this question been posted here.

I just installed CentOS 5.5 x86_64. PHP 5.1.6 was installed.

However my application requires PHP5.3

I then run command: "yum update php", nothing happened. Seems 5.1.6 is the latest in yum.

So how may I update to php 5.3?

Thanks in advanced for any helps.

Answer 1

If you can wait, CentOS 5.6 should have native PHP53 since upstream RHEL 5.6 now ships PHP53.

If you can't wait then this might help you install the packages from the REMI repo:

yum remove mysql php* (if currently have PHP 5.1.x and/or mysql installed)

rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm

yum --enablerepo=remi install php

Getting the mysql commandline client on the box is tricky:

yum --enablerepo=remi --disablerepo=updates --disablerepo=base install mysql

HTH

Cheers

Edit: If your MySQL server is on the same box this procedure has the unfortunate consequence of having you run the MySQL Server from the REMI repo. i.e. You're basically in dependency hell.

Answer 2

If the packages for any given distribution are out of date and you can't wait for the package maintainers to release newer versions, you'll have no choice but to compile from source yourself or look for someone else who's already done so and take a chance at installing their binary (I don't recommend this; especially in a production environment).

I just did a quick Google and found someone had already compiled from source and made a package available if you wanted to test.

http://www.webtatic.com/packages/php53/