FreeBSD Installation

Installing PHP

Execute the following commands to install PHP5

cd /usr/ports/lang/php5

If you installed your ports directory somehwre else make the change in the command

make config

Make any configuration changes you need here, You must enable APACHE

make install clean

This will install PHP5 onto your server

Installing Required PHP Extensions

Execute the following commands to install the required php extensions listed below

• XML
• Simple XML

cd /usr/ports/textproc/php5-xml

If you installed your ports directory somewhere lese make the change in the command

make install

This will install the XML module to PHP5

cd /usr/ports/textproc/php5-simplexml

If you installed your ports direcotry somewhere else make the change in the command

Installing MYSQL

Execute the following commabds to install your MYSQL server

cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql55

If you installed your ports directory somewhere else make the chage in the command

make config

Make any configuration changes you need here, in most cases default will work fine

make install clean

This will install your MYSQL server

Creating your MYSQL Database

Execute the following commands to create your MYSQL database

Note: In this example I am using jdatabase as the database name, juser as the username, and jpassword as the password to the user

you should change these to whatever you wish as you run the commands

mysql

This will open the MYSQL interface

CREATE DATABASE jdatabase;

DO NOT forget the semicolon this is very VERY important

CREATE USER 'juser'@'localhost' identified by 'jpassword';

DO NOT forget the single quotes or semicolon they are very important

GRANT ALL ON jdatabase* TO juser;

This creates your databse, creates your user, and grants the user permission to control the database

Do not forget your databse name, username, or password you will need them later

Configuring PHP

By default php does not create your php.ini for you, but it does give you examples

We will use these examples to create your php.ini

Execute the following commands to create your php.ini

cd /usr/local/etc/

During the install we will use the development example

cp php.ini-Development php.ini

This creates a stock php.ini file, open it in your favorite text editor and modify it to your needs

Once you are done with this you can go to your website and install joomla

Post Joomla Installation PHP Configuration

Now you will want to change your php.ini to the production one so run the following commands

mv php.ini php.ini-Dev-Configured

We name it php.ini-Dev-Configured you can use it again later without re-configuring it

cp php.ini-Production php.ini

Now the poduction php.ini is installed so you need to configure it with your favorite text editor and you are done!