See PHP 5.3 on CentOS

It seems like you might have missed a step from my other guide, as it would have definitely allowed you to install php-devel-5.2.6. From the looks of your yum update, the centos testing repo wasn’t enabled. I’ve simplified that article by using an easier way of installing the RPMs.

I guess the main problem is the extra trouble you need to go through to generate these RPMs. I didn’t really want at the time to provide yet another unknown/untrusted repository, so I explained my steps from the CentOS official repositories and RPMs.

I followed the instructions and it looked like it did something, but then got hung up on MySql (why are PHP and MySql married/ conjoined at the back of the head?)

[root@bagvapp ~]# php -v
PHP Warning: Module ‘PDO’ already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module ‘pdo_mysql’ already loaded in Unknown on line 0http://bluhaloit.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/installing-php-52x-on-redhat-es5-centos-5-etc/
PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: Apr 7 2009 08:00:04)
Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies
[root@bagvapp ~]#

So I had to remove MySql – which seems like the wierdest thing to do and followed the instructions again, and reinstalled MySql.

Now it looks like I have version 5.2.9 – I guess just for the heck of it I have 5.2.9 now… Okay, I guess that’s better than 5.2.6…

Well Andy, I’m not sure what happened, and I think it’s a shame people have to jump through hoops to figure out how to install software…

Dana

Yes, I did this look at and follow the guide for installing PHP 5.26 first. Then I followed installing-php-526-extra-extensions…

So just now, I did the “installing-php-526-on-centos-5″ instructions again and this was the result:
#yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.raystedman.net
* updates: mirrors.xmission.com
* contrib: centos.g5selfstorage.com
* centosplus: mirror.fdcservers.net
* addons: centos.g5selfstorage.com
* extras: mirrors.easynews.com
base | 1.1 kB 00:00
updates | 951 B 00:00
contrib | 951 B 00:00
centosplus | 951 B 00:00
addons | 951 B 00:00
extras | 1.1 kB 00:00
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 – Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 – Updates
Finished
93 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update
#

So I don’t think yum is doing anything…

Am I correct, or should I see this result and then move on to the other article?

Thanks for responding Andy,
Dana

http://www.webtatic.com/blog/2009/05/installing-php-526-on-centos-5/

#yum install php-devel <- doesn’t work
#yum install php-devel = 5.2.6 <- doesn’t work
#yum install php-devel=5.2.6 <- still doesn’t work

message is:
Package php-devel-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

or “no package available”

This is way too weird and frustrating.

Magento doesn’t work with anything less than php 5.2 and it seems that CENTOS 5.3 doesn’t work with php greater than 5.1.6…

I’ve tried 3 completely different ways to get it installed. Is there a definitive way to get this upgraded?

Thanks,
Dana

Followed the instructions and all sorted.