CentOS 5 Dev Environment for PHP + MySQL

Setting up the CentOS 5.2 - Development Environment

Operating System: CentOS 5
Develpment Language: PHP
Integrated Development Environment: Eclipse + Zend Debugger
Version Control: Subversion (Eclipse Plugin)
Database: MySQL

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download CentOS 5 from VMWare Virtual Appliances.

Extract the zip file, and load in VMWare, then start the virtual machine.
Verify you can ping the outside world (e.g. open a terminal window, then ping yahoo.com).
If you cannot ping the outside world, then you will need to configure your network settings using
the network control panel.

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Reset the JRE Java location, and create a symbolic link to point to the newer 1.6xxx version:

cd /usr/bin
rm java (removes the symbolic link which points to an older version of the JRE)
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_11/bin/java java

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Install PHP:

- open a terminal window
- yum install php

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Install PHP IDE (Eclipse + Debugger)

Download the All-in-One Eclipse PDT + Zend Debugger Package from:

http://www.zend.com/en/community/pdt

(or google "eclipse zend debugger" to find this package)

After the file download completes, copy the pdt-xxxx.tar.gz file to
a location where you want to install it:
e.g. /opt or /usr/local

then copy the file to that location:
cp ~/Desktop/pdt-xxx.tar.gz ./

unzip the file:
gunzip pdt-xxx.tar.gz

extract the tar file:
tar -xvf pdt-xxx.tar

Check that the installation was successful:
cd eclipse
./eclipse &

The above should launch Eclipse IDE.


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INstall the Zend Debugger Plug-in using the Software Updates area
in Eclipse:

From the Eclipse | Help menu select Software Updates...
Click on the Available Software tab and expand the "http://downloads.zend.com/pdt" leaf.
Select (check) the "Zend Debugger Features" checkbox, then click "Install..."

You will be prompted to restart Eclipse (which it will automatically)

Verify Zend Debugger was installed by going back to:

Help > Software Updates ...
Scroll down the list and you should see "Zend Debugger Feature" at the bottom of the list.




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Install SVN (Subversion - source code version control system)

todo: ...


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Install MySQL

todo: ...