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CHAPTER 5 ■ WHAT'S NEW IN PHP 6^43

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The final step in setting up PHP 6 is to integrate it with your web server. If you’re using

Debian/Ubuntu, you will want to follow its module format by creating the configuration files

shown in Listings 5-1 and 5-2.

Listing 5-1. Creating /etc/apache2/mods-available/php6.load

LoadModule php6_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp6.so

Listing 5-2. Creating /etc/apache2/mods-available/php6.conf

<IfModule mod_php6.c>

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

</IfModule>

After you have created these two configuration files, remove the automatically added

content from /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. Then make this call:

> a2enmod php6

You now have PHP 6 installed and configured.

If you are not a Debian/Ubuntu user, the PHP installer should automatically update

httpd.conf with the changes listed in Listings 5-1 and 5-2. You should confirm that these

settings were added and are correct.

Next, to enable PHP 6, Apache must be reloaded. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, issue this

command:

> /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

And here’s the generic Apache 2 command to reload Apache:

> apache2ctl restart

To test your PHP installation, on the web server, create a .php file containing a call to the

phpinfo() function, as shown in Listing 5-3.

Listing 5-3. Getting PHP Information (/var/www/index.php)

<?php

phpinfo();

Then visit http://example.com/index.php, where example.com is the IP or domain name of

your web server. You should see “PHP Version 6.0.0-dev” on the screen, as well as information

about all the loaded modules.

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