To upgrade to PHP 5.3.x on CentOS/RHEL/Fedora:
Step 1) Set up the atomic channel:
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wget -q -O - http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic | sh |
Step 2) Upgrade to PHP 5.3.x:
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yum clean-all yum update php |
Step 3) Update libxml2:
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$ yum update libxml2 |
Step 4) Replace the PHP 4 php.ini with PHP 5.3.x’s (if applicable):
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mv /etc/php.ini.rpmnew /etc/php.ini |
Step 5) Replace the php.conf with the PHP 5.3.x php.conf (if applicable):
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mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf.rpmnew /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf |
Step 6) Restart the webserver
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service httpd restart |
Step 7) Update crontab
Maybe would it be a good idea to update your packages automatic by installing a crontab:
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$ crontab -e |
Insert:
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0 2 * * * yum -y clean all >/dev/null 2>&1 5 2 * * * yum -y update --disablerepo=atomic >/dev/null 2>&1 10 2 * * 1 yum -y update php >/dev/null 2>&1 |
Reference: http://www.atomicorp.com/wiki/index.php/PHP