Now that MySQL is installed the only remaining server software is Apache, PHP and WordPress. This time around I’ll install Apache & PHP. The installation is quick & easy. I’ll use aptitude to install both of them. As a refresher, if you haven’t read the previous articles, I’m building a WordPress test environment on a Ubuntu Server server that’s running in a VMware Fusion virtual machine. I connect to the server using a SSH connection and mount the CD-ROM image with the command mount /cdrom/ so that the Apache and [...] Read the rest »
Bluehost: Upgrading to PHP 5
Since development of PHP 4 ended in 2007 it’s time to finally move on to PHP 5. This website is hosted by Bluehost and they provide the PHP installation, so there’s nothing for me to actually install. Bluehost provided the ability to determine which version of PHP I want to use on my site through a Cpanel setting. All sites running under the same Cpanel account have to use the same PHP version. To pick the PHP version on Bluehost click the PHP Config icon in the Software/Services section of [...] Read the rest »
