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# Install the lamp server (Apache MySQL PHP)
apt-get install lamp-server^
# Install php-farm
cd /opt
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/phpfarm/code phpfarm
# Compile all the PHP version you need, eg
cd /opt/phpfarm/src
./compile 5.5.0
# If the compilation fails, just install the libraries that cause the interruption
# To verify the installation
cd /opt/phpfarm/src/inst/bin
./php-5.5.0 --version
# Install FastCGI
apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi apache2-mpm-worker apache2-suexec a2enmod actions fastcgi suexec
# Edit the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, add these lines before the includes
FastCgiServer /var/www/cgi-bin/php-cgi-5.5.0
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin-php/ /var/www/cgi-bin/
# Now create the file /var/www/cgi-bin/php-cgi-5.5.0, with this content
#!/bin/sh
PHPRC="/etc/php5/cgi/5.5.0/"
export PHPRC
PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=3
export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN
PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=5000
export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS
exec /opt/phpfarm/inst/bin/php-cgi-5.5.0
# Make the file executable
chmod +x /var/www/cgi-bin/php-cgi-5.5.0
# Configure a VirtualHost to use the php version we just configured
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.dev
DocumentRoot /var/www/example/
<Directory "/var/www/example">
AddHandler php-cgi .php
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin-php/php-cgi-5.5.0
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler php-cgi
</FilesMatch>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
# Add the server to /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 example.dev
# Restart apache
service apache2 restart
# If you don't get any error you will find a working installation
# of PHP5.5.0 at http://example.dev :)
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