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  1. gerarldlee created this gist Feb 17, 2018.
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    https://fpira.com/blog/2016/04/install-php-raspberry-pi/

    #!/bin/bash

    # credits: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31280912/how-to-install-php-5-6-on-raspbian-wheezy

    ### VARIABLES ###

    # type here the specific php 5.x version you want to install
    PHP_VERSION="5.6.20"

    ### SCRIPT ###

    # check if script is running as root
    if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "Sorry, you have to be root."
    echo "Try again using sudo"
    exit 1
    else
    echo "Running as root..."
    fi

    # getting real number of cores
    # CORES=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Hardware | wc -l)

    # Check PHP version before start
    # latest version in repo should be 5.4, which is no longer supported.
    echo "Currently installed PHP version is..."
    php -v

    # working in temporary dir
    mkdir -p /tmp/php_install
    cd /tmp/php_install

    # Get the PHP source
    # You can find the latest version number on the PHP download page: http://php.net/downloads.php
    # Change `nl1` to your nearest mirror. Find the mirror list here: http://php.net/mirrors.php.
    wget http://nl1.php.net/distributions/php-$PHP_VERSION.tar.bz2

    # Unpack
    tar -xvjf php-$PHP_VERSION.tar.bz2

    cd php-$PHP_VERSION

    apt-get update
    apt-get install libxml2-dev
    ./configure

    # getting cpu architecture
    RPI_HW=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Hardware | awk '{print $3}' | head -1)

    if [ "$RPI_HW" = "BCM2709" ]; then
    # if on RPi 2 or RPi 3 use 4 cores.
    make -j4
    else
    # if on RPi 1 or unrecognized cpu (future Pis?) use 1 core
    make
    fi

    make install

    # Check PHP version
    echo "now printing the newly installed PHP version..."
    php -v