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-- download and install php
wget http://php.net/get/php-5.4.4142.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror
tar xvfj php-5.4.3842.tar.bz2
cd php-5.4.3842
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/uptime/apache --with-apxs2=/usr/local/uptime/apache/bin/apxs --with-mysql --with-libdir=lib64
make
make install
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