Installing php5

It has been a while since my last post. In this post I want to talk about installing php5. I start with

sudo apt-get install php5

Next to make it work with apache2

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

And now restart the apache2 webserver with

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now test if it all works. the DocumentRoot is standard set to the directory "/var/www" So all php files you produce must be placed into this directory. To change the DocumentRoot location type

sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

and change the DocumentRoot on line 5 in something else.I decided to keep the DocumentRoot to /var/www. Now go to this directory and make a test.php file with

sudo touch test.php

edit the file with

sudo vi test.php

now insert the following line into the new file

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

now with your browser go to

yourserver/test.php

if everything is installed correct you`ll see the php info page. Make sure so remove this file if you open your server to the public as it may pose a security risk. For more information visit ubuntu dapper wiki.

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