I would like manually install PHP 5.2.17. I manage to install httpd and mysql.

But when I want to PHP 5.2.17, I could not found a proper guide. These the step I had done with a fresh installation of CentOS 5.8 x86_64 (server & server GUI)

1. yum install httpd httpd-devel

2. /etc/init.d start OK

3. /etc/init.d stop OK

4. yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-devel

5. yum remove php

6. yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

7. yum install libxml2-devel

8. wget http://www.php.net/release/php5.2.17.zip to get php5.2.17 (client requirement must use this version)

9. cd php5.2.17

10. ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-mysql=/usr/local

This is the area I confuse.

I could not found the /usr/sbin/apxs in my system. I do another Google search on how to manually install PHP, they pointed using ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql

Both localtino I also cannot find apxs or apache2. I scare I make any mistake on it. Please help and guide on this.

I am newbie in CentOS