PHP

PHP is a wide-spread, high-level interpreted programming language. The main area for its application is the Web. But it can also be used on the command line to write “offline” programs.

Simply install the following package(s):

• php5 (main)

There are some additional packages, providing special functionality:

• php5-cli (main) – needed to run PHP scripts on the command line interface (CLI)
• php5-suhosin (main) – installs Suhosin to get a more secure PHP installation.
• php5-curl (main) – cURL support
• php5-gd (main) – brings GD based image functions
• php5-mysql (main) – brings mysqld and mysqli support
• php5-pgsql (main)– brings pgsql support
• php5-sqlite (main) – brings SQLite support
• php5-xmlrpc (main) – brings XMLRPC support

There are even more extensions and packages. To list them, open a terminal and run:

apt-cache search ^php5-

To enable your Apache HTTP Server to execute PHP scripts, see mod_php5.

See the Ubuntu instructions, it is exactly the same on Debian.

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General

• PHP project website
• PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository
• PHP (programming language)
• PHP
• The genuine truth

Tutorials, Usage

• Quakenet/#php Tutorial
• Quakenet/#php Tutorial