December 2012 – Imthiaz Blog

WHM / cPanel – Compile PHP 5.3 to work with PHP 5.2

December 18, 2012
Imthiaz
Linux

This is one of major issue lot of web masters face now. As PHP 5.2 has reached end of life we are forced to seek options to migrate and test PHP applications in PHP 5.2 and 5.3. Raj COO from WebHostRepo.com has posted a nice blog post on how to achieve this.

Running PHP 5.3 along with PHP 5.2.x in cPanel servers. webhostrepo

I did all the steps as mentioned on the blog post except for one, I had a lengthier configure statement 😉

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php53 --enable-cgi --disable-phar --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --enable-exif --enable-ftp --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-libxml --enable-magic-quotes --enable-mbstring --enable-pdo --enable-soap --enable-sockets --enable-wddx --enable-zip --with-curl=/opt/curlssl/ --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-gd --with-gettext --with-imap=/opt/php_with_imap_client/ --with-imap-ssl=/usr --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-kerberos --with-libdir=lib64 --with-libexpat-dir=/usr --with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2 --with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2/ --with-mysql=/usr --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config --with-openssl=/usr --with-openssl-dir=/usr --with-pcre-regex=/opt/pcre --with-pdo-mysql --with-pdo-sqlite --with-pic --with-png-dir=/usr --with-sqlite=shared --with-tidy=/opt/tidy/ --with-xmlrpc --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-xsl=/opt/xslt/ --with-zlib --with-zlib-dir=/usr

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php53 --enable-cgi --disable-phar --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --enable-exif --enable-ftp --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-libxml --enable-magic-quotes --enable-mbstring --enable-pdo --enable-soap --enable-sockets --enable-wddx --enable-zip --with-curl=/opt/curlssl/ --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-gd --with-gettext --with-imap=/opt/php_with_imap_client/ --with-imap-ssl=/usr --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-kerberos --with-libdir=lib64 --with-libexpat-dir=/usr --with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2 --with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2/ --with-mysql=/usr --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config --with-openssl=/usr --with-openssl-dir=/usr --with-pcre-regex=/opt/pcre --with-pdo-mysql --with-pdo-sqlite --with-pic --with-png-dir=/usr --with-sqlite=shared --with-tidy=/opt/tidy/ --with-xmlrpc --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-xsl=/opt/xslt/ --with-zlib --with-zlib-dir=/usr

Install ZendGuardLoader

# cd
# wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/5.5.0/ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz
# tar xvzf ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz
# cd ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64/
# mv php-5.3.x/ /usr/lib64

# cd

# wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/5.5.0/ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz

# tar xvzf ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz

# cd ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64/

# mv php-5.3.x/ /usr/lib64

Edit /usr/local/php53/lib/php.ini and add these lines to end

[Zend]
zend_extension="/usr/lib64/php-5.3.x/ZendGuardLoader.so"
zend_loader.enable=1

[Zend]

zend_extension="/usr/lib64/php-5.3.x/ZendGuardLoader.so"

zend_loader.enable=1

Happy migration 😉

Compile PHP 5.3.19 on CentOS 6.3 with Curl 7.28

December 18, 2012
Imthiaz
Linux

For this installation I choose CentOS 6.3 minimal version. You can download the ISO from the mirrors or direct download it from SYNc yourself. Once the CentOS installation is completed make sure you are connected to Internet to update the latest libraries.

Note: These steps are done assuming you are logged in as root user

1. Please update the available updates for the OS and restart

# yum update
# reboot

1 2	# yum update # reboot

2. Install EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) so that you can get all the needed libraries for compiling PHP

# rpm -ivh http://fedora.mirror.nexicom.net/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

1	# rpm -ivh http://fedora.mirror.nexicom.net/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

3. Install Development Tools – Detailed User Guide

# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

1	# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

4. Install MySQL Database client

# yum groupinstall "MySQL Database client"

1	# yum groupinstall "MySQL Database client"

5. Install the following libraries which are required for different modules in PHP. Please make sure all the dependencies are met before installation

#yum install pcre-devel.x86_64 httpd.x86_64 httpd-devel.x86_64 wget.x86_64 
#yum install mlocate.x86_64 mhash.x86_64 mhash-devel.x86_64 libssh2-devel.x86_64 
#yum install openssl.x86_64 libssh2.x86_64 libxml2.x86_64 libxml2-devel.x86_64 
#yum install libmcrypt.x86_64 libmcrypt-devel.x86_64 openssl-devel.x86_64 
#yum install tidy.x86_64 libtidy.x86_64 libtidy-devel.x86_64 bzip2.x86_64 
#yum install bzip2-devel.x86_64 libjpeg.x86_64  libXpm-devel.x86_64 
#yum install libxslt.x86_64 libxslt-devel.x86_64 pcre.x86_64 pcre-devel.x86_64 
#yum install libjpeg-devel.x86_64 libpng.x86_64 libpng-devel.x86_64 libXpm.x86_64
#yum install freetype-devel.x86_64 libtool-ltdl-devel.x86_64 pcre.x86_64

#yum install pcre-devel.x86_64 httpd.x86_64 httpd-devel.x86_64 wget.x86_64

#yum install mlocate.x86_64 mhash.x86_64 mhash-devel.x86_64 libssh2-devel.x86_64

#yum install openssl.x86_64 libssh2.x86_64 libxml2.x86_64 libxml2-devel.x86_64

#yum install libmcrypt.x86_64 libmcrypt-devel.x86_64 openssl-devel.x86_64

#yum install tidy.x86_64 libtidy.x86_64 libtidy-devel.x86_64 bzip2.x86_64

#yum install bzip2-devel.x86_64 libjpeg.x86_64 libXpm-devel.x86_64

#yum install libxslt.x86_64 libxslt-devel.x86_64 pcre.x86_64 pcre-devel.x86_64

#yum install libjpeg-devel.x86_64 libpng.x86_64 libpng-devel.x86_64 libXpm.x86_64

#yum install freetype-devel.x86_64 libtool-ltdl-devel.x86_64 pcre.x86_64

6. For this installation I planned to use the latest version of curl so I had to my custom curl compilation

# cd
# wget http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.9.1.tar.gz
# tar xvzf c-ares-1.9.1.tar.gz
# cd c-ares-1.9.1/
# ./configure
# make
# make install

# cd

# wget http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/c-ares-1.9.1.tar.gz

# tar xvzf c-ares-1.9.1.tar.gz

# cd c-ares-1.9.1/

# ./configure

# make

# make install

# cd
# wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.28.1.tar.gz
# tar xvzf curl-7.28.1.tar.gz
# cd curl-7.28.1/
# ./configure --with-libssh2 --enable-ares=/usr/local/ --enable-ipv6
# make
# make install

# cd

# wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.28.1.tar.gz

# tar xvzf curl-7.28.1.tar.gz

# cd curl-7.28.1/

# ./configure --with-libssh2 --enable-ares=/usr/local/ --enable-ipv6

# make

# make install

7. Download and compile PHP 5.3.19

# cd
# wget http://php.net/get/php-5.3.19.tar.gz/from/in1.php.net/mirror
# tar xvzf php-5.3.19.tar.gz
# cd php-5.3.19/
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php-5.3.19 --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php5.3.19/php.d --with-apxs2 --with-mysql=mysqlnd --with-mysqli=mysqlnd --with-mcrypt --with-mhash --enable-mbstring --with-gettext --with-openssl --with-curl=/usr/local/ --enable-calendar --enable-exif --enable-ftp --enable-zip --enable-soap --enable-bcmath --with-xmlrpc --with-tidy=/usr --with-bz2 --with-zlib --with-pear --with-kerberos --with-xsl --with-gd --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd
# make
# make install

# cd

# wget http://php.net/get/php-5.3.19.tar.gz/from/in1.php.net/mirror

# tar xvzf php-5.3.19.tar.gz

# cd php-5.3.19/

# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php-5.3.19 --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php5.3.19/php.d --with-apxs2 --with-mysql=mysqlnd --with-mysqli=mysqlnd --with-mcrypt --with-mhash --enable-mbstring --with-gettext --with-openssl --with-curl=/usr/local/ --enable-calendar --enable-exif --enable-ftp --enable-zip --enable-soap --enable-bcmath --with-xmlrpc --with-tidy=/usr --with-bz2 --with-zlib --with-pear --with-kerberos --with-xsl --with-gd --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd

# make

# make install

8. Copy php.ini

# cp /root/php-5.3.19/php.ini-production /usr/local/php-5.3.19/lib/php.ini

1	# cp /root/php-5.3.19/php.ini-production /usr/local/php-5.3.19/lib/php.ini

9. Edit Apache conf check if “LoadModule” is present else add it.

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

1	# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib64/httpd/modules/libphp5.so

10. Set handler for Apache to handle PHP files

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

1	# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

SetHandler application/x-httpd-php

</FilesMatch>

11. If you are not planning to install ZendGuardLoader skip to step 13 else make sure you have disabled SElinux. Detailed instructions

12. Install ZendGuardLoader

# cd
# wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/5.5.0/ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz
# tar xvzf ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz
# cd ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64/
# mv php-5.3.x/ /usr/lib64

# cd

# wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/5.5.0/ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz

# tar xvzf ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz

# cd ZendGuardLoader-php-5.3-linux-glibc23-x86_64/

# mv php-5.3.x/ /usr/lib64

Edit /usr/local/php-5.3.19/lib/php.ini and add these lines to end

[Zend]
zend_extension="/usr/lib64/php-5.3.x/ZendGuardLoader.so"
zend_loader.enable=1

[Zend]

zend_extension="/usr/lib64/php-5.3.x/ZendGuardLoader.so"

zend_loader.enable=1

13. Restart you apache and you are set

# /etc/init.d/httpd restart

1	# /etc/init.d/httpd restart

It took a great deal of time to make this work and with lot of trial and errors. If anyone finds a better way to compile please do share it with me. All the best 😉

Raspberry Pi a credit-card sized computer

December 16, 2012
Imthiaz
Electronics

Today I got the Raspberry Pi which I ordered last week. I was really exciting to start exploring the possibilities of this new toy.

What is Raspberry Pi?

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video.

Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB RAM

SoC Broadcom BCM2835 (CPU, GPU, DSP, and SDRAM)
CPU: 700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core (ARM11 family)
GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV, OpenGL ES 2.0, 1080p30 h.264/MPEG-4 AVC high-profile decoder
Memory (SDRAM): 512 Megabytes (MiB)
Video outputs: Composite RCA, HDMI
Audio outputs: 3.5 mm jack, HDMI
Onboard storage: SD, MMC, SDIO card slot
10/100 Ethernet RJ45 onboard network
Storage via SD/ MMC/ SDIO card slot

I took around 2 hours to figure out how to get started, once I had finished the basic setup I created a simple video and I hope you can understand what this small monster is capable of.

Hope you enjoyed it 😉