How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP on Centos 5

Firsly update packages on Centos

sudo yum update

1. Install Apache

sudo yum install httpd

sudo service httpd start

2. Install MySQL

sudo yum install mysql-server

sudo service mysqld start

You can set a root MySQL password with these command:

sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

3. Install PHP

sudo yum install php php-mysql

   PHP Modules

You can see the libraries that are available by typing:

yum search php-

Then terminal will show list of modules:

php53-process.i386 : Modules for PHP script using system process interfaces
php53-pspell.i386 : A module for PHP applications for using pspell interfaces
php53-snmp.i386 : A module for PHP applications that query SNMP-managed devices
php53-soap.i386 : A module for PHP applications that use the SOAP protocol
php53-xml.i386 : A module for PHP applications which use XML
php53-xmlrpc.i386 : A module for PHP applications which use the XML-RPC protocol

To see more detail:

yum info name_of_module

To install the module:

yum install name_of_module

Finally, restart your apache to see the effect for the changed:

sudo service httpd restart