I have a few php system at the moment. My 1st system is php and folks (mysql etc) installed via apt-get . 2nd system is PHP system using phpfarm technique . This time I want to add other system that backed by Xampp 🙂 . Lets start add this big boy.

Download Latest xampp for linux (at this time I use xampp 5.6.3.0 for 64 bit).

$ wget -c http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xampp/XAMPP%20Linux/5.6.3/xampp-linux-x64-5.6.3-0-installer.run?r=&ts=1423030874&use_mirror=jaist

$ mv xampp-linux-x64-5.6.3-0-installer.run\?r\= xampp-linux-x64-5.6.3-0-installer.run

$ chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.6.3-0-installer.run

$ sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.3-0-installer.run

Execute as super user or sudo

# ./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.3-0-installer.run

Make sure core files selected.

After installation finish you might want to test run it.

Stop all running instance of Apache and Mysql

# service apache2 stop
* Stopping web server apache2 *
# service mysql stop
mysql stop/waiting

# /opt/lampp/xampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 5.6.3-0…
XAMPP: Starting Apache…ok.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL…ok.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD…ok.
# /opt/lampp/xampp stop
Stopping XAMPP for Linux 5.6.3-0…
XAMPP: Stopping Apache…ok.
XAMPP: Stopping MySQL…ok.
XAMPP: Stopping ProFTPD…ok.

Or using sudo

$ sudo /opt/lampp/xampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 5.6.3-0…
XAMPP: Starting Apache…ok.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL…ok.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD…ok.

Test

Document root setting

$ sudo nano /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

Find these lines :

DocumentRoot “/opt/lampp/htdocs”
<Directory “/opt/lampp/htdocs”>

Change to your preferences.

Save when you’re done.

Access MySQL command line

$ sudo /opt/lampp/bin/mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 4
Server version: 5.6.21 Source distribution

Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the current input statement.

mysql>

Change MySQL password

Continue from previous prompt

mysql> use mysql;
Database changed
mysql> update user set password=password(‘123456′) where user=’root’;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0,00 sec)
Rows matched: 2 Changed: 2 Warnings: 0

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0,00 sec)

mysql> exit

Install IonCube Loader

IonCube provide loader for 32 and 64 bit architecture.

Download latest version from here.

$ wget -c http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.bz2

$ tar xvjf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.bz2
ioncube/
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.0.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.3.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.2.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.3_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.5.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.4_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.3_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.4.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.4_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.1.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.1_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.0_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.1.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6_ts.so
ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2_ts.so

Which version?

Based on phpinfo() . Its PHP 5.6.3 then I must copy ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6_ts.so to

directory that provide by phpinfo() information

$ sudo mv ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/

Tell php.ini for new shared object file.

$ sudo nano /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini

Add this line :

zend_extension = /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/ioncube_loader_lin_5.6.so

save.

Restart xampp

$ sudo /opt/lampp/xampp restart

Recheck phpinfo() page to find this information.

Install PhalconPHP Extension on Linux Xampp

$ wget -c "https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/archive/master.zip"

$ unzip master.zip

$ cd cphalcon-master/build/64bits/

$ /opt/lampp/bin/phpize --enable-phalcon --with-php-config=/opt/lampp/bin

Configuring for:
PHP Api Version: 20131106
Zend Module Api No: 20131226
Zend Extension Api No: 220131226

$ ./configure --with-php-config=/opt/lampp/bin/php-config

$ make

$ sudo make install

[sudo] password for alamsyah:
Installing shared extensions: /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/

$ sudo echo "extension=phalcon.so" >> etc/php.ini

Restart Xampp

$ sudo /opt/lampp/xampp restart

Check phpinfo() page to see

Reference : Belajar Phalcon Framework

Another challenge came. One of our application finally updated. The application development use php 5.3 + and already pass with php 5.5+ version. Time for migration schedule and the requirement is obvious : the machine able to run 2 different php (php 5.2.17 is a must and other php version is at least 5.3+). The machine I use is Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit ( I prefer to use old supported version due to lower memory consumption than 14.04).

Quick google give me reference to phpfarm and other resources. As I said in previous post, php 5.2.17 successfully installed after applied a patch (installed on Ubuntu 14.04). For reference purpose I share my experience here. Target php extensions are standard like support for mysql, pdo and gd extension.

Note : if you want to to try / apply it using vps then You’ll need memory minimal 1GB. My box show this memory utilization (32 bit). Click here for hourly cheap vps.

# free -m
total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           873        786         87          0         78        569
-/+ buffers/cache:        138        734
Swap:          890          0        890

Disable php5 module (optional)

In case you already install php5 as apache module you must disable it first.

#a2dismod php5

Fixing locale

Locale error are pop up everywhere first time I install. I need to get rid from this error.

# locale

locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE=”en_US.UTF-8″
LC_NUMERIC=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_TIME=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=”en_US.UTF-8″
LC_MONETARY=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=”en_US.UTF-8″
LC_PAPER=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_NAME=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=id_ID.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

# nano /etc/environment

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