Install Latest Apache 2.4, MySQL/MariaDB 5.5 and PHP 5.5/5.6 on RHEL/CentOS 7/6 & Fedora 23-18 | Linux Today

Install Latest Apache 2.4, MySQL/MariaDB 5.5 and PHP 5.5/5.6 on RHEL/CentOS 7/6 & Fedora 23-18

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 27, 2016

This how-to guide explains how to install the latest version of the Apache 2.4, MariaDB/MySQL 5.5, and PHP 5.5/PHP 5.6 along with the required PHP modules on RHEL / CentOS 7/6 and Fedora 18-23.

This combination of operating system (Linux) with web server (Apache), database server (MariaDB/MySQL) and server-side scripting language (PHP) is known as LAMP stack.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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