php-on-bluehost

Helper scripts for running PHP on Bluehost shared accounts.

This project has 3 components:

• Script launchers for PHP 5.4, 5.6, 7.0 (both php-cgi and php-cli) for Bluehost's shared hosting environement.
• php.ini files configured for php-cgi.
• php.ini files configured for php-cli.

To install the project:

• Log into your Bluehost cPanel and be sure you are running your desired version of PHP.
• Log into your Bluehost cPanel and make sure SSH access is turned on.
• Log into your Bluehost account through SSH:
  • Create a directory where you want to install this project (recommendation is ~/opt/php).
  • Navigate to the install directory.
  • Inside that directory, run (that last period is important): git clone https://github.com/blueblazeassociates/php-on-bluehost .
  • For your version of PHP, copy the correct .ini file as follows:
    • For CGI, copy ini-cgi/phpXY.ini into ~/public_html, where XY are the version numbers of your PHP version. The copied file should be named php.ini. There will probably already be a php.ini file in ~/public_html, go ahead and overwrite it.
    • For CLI, copy ini-cli/phpXY.ini into ~/.php. You might need to create this directory. The copied file should be named phpXY.ini, where XY is replaced with your version, php70.ini for example.
  • At this point, the following things should be true:
    • You have downloaded the Git repository to ~/opt/php.
    • You have copied ini-cgi/phpXY.ini (where XY = 54, 56, or 70) to ~/public_html/php.ini.
    • You have copied ini-cli/phpXY.ini (where XY = 54, 56, or 70) to ~/.php/phpXY.ini. This file doesn't actually have XY in the name, but XY is replaced with your version, php70.ini for example.
    • You have edited a few settings as indicated in an above step.
  • Create a ~/bin directory if it doesn't exit.
  • Run the following commands:
    • chmod 744 ~/opt/php/php*
    • ln -s ~/opt/php/phpXY ~/bin/php where XY = 54, 56, or 70
    • ln -s ~/opt/php/phpXY-cli ~/bin/php-cli where XY = 54, 56, or 70

Note: You may need to adjust your PATH variable to find the new ~/bin directory before finding Bluehost's default.

What is inside this project?

• Coming Soon

Why?

• I have to run these commands for every project I work on, so I placed them here for easy use.