Install PHP by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs \ --with-config-file-path=/etc --with-openssl=/usr \ --with-zlib=/usr --enable-bcmath --with-bz2=/usr \ --with-curl --enable-ftp --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr \ --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-db4 --with-png-dir=/usr \ --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-gettext --with-mysql=/usr \ --with-ncurses --sysconfdir=/etc && make && make install && cp php.ini-dist /etc/php.ini PHP has many more configure options that will enable support for certain things. You can use ./configure --help to see a full list of the available options. Also, use of the PHP web site is highly recommended, as their online docs are very good.