Install PHP7 on OrangePiPC 3.4.113-sun8i

[a123xxsp]

Hi,

I cannot find how to install PHP7 on my OrangePiPC 3.4.113-sun8i

 

I installed apache and mariadb by

"apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client mariadb.common"

 

but how do I install PHP7?

 

thanX advance, Antonios

[a123xxsp]

any hints  or ideas?

if there is no repository with php do I have to compile it from source?

I tried to find any tutorial for ARM but there are only for Raspberry,  can i follow the same procedure?

 

 

[zador.blood.stained]

It depends on OS distribution. Debian Jessie based images have only PHP5 available in the default repositories, and Ubuntu Xenial images do have PHP7.

[a123xxsp]

I am on Debian Jessie

[Igor]

Perhaps some Google-fu?

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=debian+jessie+install+php7

 

Most of those general guides applies for Armbian, Jessie version in this case.

[tkaiser]

3 minutes ago, Igor said:

q=debian+jessie+install+php7

 

I used 'debian Jessie php7 armhf orange pi' instead (armhf to avoid tutorials that work on x86 only and 'Orange Pi' for obvious reasons) and 1st hit is https://www.symfony.fi/entry/install-php-7-on-raspbian-raspberry-pi#comment-2564656832 (though no idea whether the ARMv6 packages were used or compilation from source which I would prefer if I would still use Jessie... which I dropped since Xenial is way better  )

[Igor]

I assume this PHP stuff is common enough that is multi arch compiled + packaged. At least armhf should be well covered in Debian & Ubuntu. I haven't check.

[a123xxsp]

Thanks guys,

I was just writing..... "

is the procedure similar or same to the one for the Raspberry Pi ?

i.e. will this work https://www.stewright.me/2016/03/turn-raspberry-pi-3-php-7-powered-web-server/

I am not familiar with linux and I don't like messing in blind..... "

 

but you answered my questions before I ended my post....

Off-course I've googled it a lot BUT, I was confused by many different approaches... I will try the your suggestions.... and if I make it I'll try to make a short guide.

[a123xxsp]

tkaiser :

... which I dropped since Xenial is way better "

Why, Xenial is better? could you post 1-2 bullets?   (maybe we should we make a new topic or maybe a poll?)

I am looking into building a web server for testing and learning php7 do you think I should change to Xenial? 

(and install php7 directly from its default repositories!)

 

 

[zador.blood.stained]

13 minutes ago, a123xxsp said:

Why, Xenial is better? could you post 1-2 bullets? 

• LTS (long term support) release, so you'll get security fixes for packages for a longer period of time: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
• Package base is newer in general compared to current Debian stable (Jessie). Once Debian Stretch is released this won't be true
• Ubuntu repositories have more packages than Debian

[Igor]

 

17 minutes ago, a123xxsp said:

I am looking into building a web server for testing and learning php7 do you think I should change to Xenial? 

 

For learning purposes just go for stock install options, no need for latest PHP versions.

 

Another great library of tutorials: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials

[kasparsd]

I've created this script for building the latest version of PHP7 on any Debian based distribution:

 

https://github.com/kasparsd/php-7-debian

 

It worked great on Orange Pi Zero -- here is it running WordPress.

[a123xxsp]

THANK YOU guys,

I made a new SD with Xenial (as suggested) and installed php7, and exploring the available packages for wordpress testing.

 

"kasparsd" I'll use your script on my other SD, thank you too.

 

[papu]

On 3/3/2017 at 8:44 PM, kasparsd said:

I've created this script for building the latest version of PHP7 on any Debian based distribution:

 

https://github.com/kasparsd/php-7-debian

 

It worked great on Orange Pi Zero -- here is it running WordPress.

Yes, your script is working.

I want it to use nginx. Please help to configure with it.

$ /usr/local/php7/bin/php -v
PHP 7.1.3 (cli) (built: Mar 31 2017 18:57:35) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.1.3, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies

 

[Schmurtz]

On 3/3/2017 at 4:14 PM, kasparsd said:

I've created this script for building the latest version of PHP7 on any Debian based distribution:

 

https://github.com/kasparsd/php-7-debian

 

It worked great on Orange Pi Zero -- here is it running WordPress.

 

 

Thanks for that !

The script works fine but I'm not able to make the end of the configuration for apache.

I found this tutorial but the last step for configuring apache not working :

sudo a2enconf php7.0-fpm

 

Any idea or help ?

[dando]

Hello,

 

I built PHP 7.2.5 on a armv7l single-board computer (Orange Pi PC) running Armbian Stretch (Linux 4.14.18-sunxi). I used this resource as a reference: http://yoestuve.es/blog/compile-php-7-for-raspberry-pi-with-memcached/.

However, after compiling and installing successfully, the apache2 webserver cannot start due to the following error:

Cannot load /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp7.so into server: /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp7.so: unexpected reloc type 0x03

Hence, I built PHP once again with the 

CFLAGS='-fPIC'

attribute, but this lead to the same result.

Using the mentioned procedure above, I had successfully compiled and installed PHP 7.2.1 before on another SBC (Banana Pi) running Bananian Linux.

I already tried downgrading the Apache2 server from 2.4.25-3+deb9u4 to 2.4.25-3+deb9u3 and building and installing PHP 7.2.1. Unfortunately, the error persists.

 

The system is up-to-date.

Perhaps some package is missing or is at the wrong version? Here is the output of dpkg --get-selections: https://pastebin.com/yNWuL2v5

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

[guidol]

On 3/1/2017 at 9:31 PM, zador.blood.stained said:

• Package base is newer in general compared to current Debian stable (Jessie). Once Debian Stretch is released this won't be true

 

I do use debian stretch for my LAMP and installed it the following way:

Initial Documentaion which I used:
===============================================
https://www.linuxbabe.com/debian/install-lamp-stack-debian-9-stretch

Install apache2:
===============================================
apt install apache2 apache2-utils
systemctl status apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/ -R

Install mariadb (now as mysql-replacement):
===============================================
sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client
systemctl status mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installation

Configure mariadb:
===============================================
sudo mariadb -u root
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE mydatabase;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'guido'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'myPassword';
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydatabase.* TO 'guido'@'localhost';
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'User2'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'User2Password';
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydatabase.* TO 'User2'@'localhost';
MariaDB [(none)]> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('myRootPwd');
exit;

Install PHP 7.0:
===============================================
sudo apt install php7.0 libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mysql php-common php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-json php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline phpmyadmin
sudo a2enmod php7.0
sudo systemctl restart apache2
php --version

Creating PHP info-page:
===============================================
sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php
<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Call PHP-info-page:
===============================================
192.168.6.20/info.php

Edit .ini for showing up error in the code:
===============================================
php.ini:
nano /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
display_errors = on
sudo systemctl restart apache2

 

[dando]

Unfortunately Debian Stretch includes PHP 7.0 by default.

For my needs I would have to install PHP 7.1 or newer. Any recommendation on how to proceed?

 

Thanks!