php5 on debian sarge (stable)

[ruskicar]

How to install php5 on Debian 3.1 stable?

[till]

How to install php5 on Debian 3.1 stable?

You can use the php5 package from backports.org. Instrctions on how to configure your sources list where provided here:

http://www.backports.org/instructions.html

The PHP5 backports package is named "php5".

[ruskicar]

Great! Thanks

[geek.de.nz]

I tried like described at
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/php5.htm

But for some reason I still can't run PHP5. It is installed as shown by apt-get. But when I run
#php -v
I get:
PHP 4.3.10-16 (cli) (built: Aug 24 2005 20:25:01)
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies

Also, when I run the phpinfo(); I get:
PHP Version 4.3.10-16
...

Someone knows how to actually activate php5? I even deleted php4 with
#apt-get remove php4
and restarted the webserver with
#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Even tried rebooting, but still it didn't work.

I need PHP5 because I'm using classes etc, otherwise I'll have to rewrite a lot of the stuff I'm developing to run on my vserver.

[falko]

I tried like described at
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/php5.htm

But for some reason I still can't run PHP5. It is installed as shown by apt-get. But when I run
#php -v
I get:
PHP 4.3.10-16 (cli) (built: Aug 24 2005 20:25:01)
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies

You used the command line PHP here. Did you install php5-cli?


Also, when I run the phpinfo(); I get:
PHP Version 4.3.10-16
...

Did you run that on the command line or in a web browser?

[geek.de.nz]

You used the command line PHP here. Did you install php5-cli?


Did you run that on the command line or in a web browser?

I did run that part in a web browser.

Anyway, I got it sorted now. I don't know why, but when I went through the steps again, it just worked. I think I might have missed out on the lib module or something. Well, anyway, it's working now, thnx though. :)