To send a message to a Telegram channel using PHP, you need to know a Telegram API token and a chat ID, that you will get when you create a Telegram bot.
This note shows the PHP code examples for sending messages, images and other data types to the Telegram channel through API. (more…)
A PHP script can be executed from the command line even without having any web server software installed.
To run the PHP script from the command line you should just have a PHP CLI (PHP Command Line Interface) installed on your system.
This note shows how to run the PHP script from the command line and how to get the PHP CLI installed on Windows, Linux and MacOS. (more…)
The php.ini file is the default configuration file for PHP, that provides a lot of configuration directives that allow you to modify various behaviors of PHP.
To change PHP settings you need to edit the php.ini file, but firstly you should locate it.
In this short note i will show the easiest method of how to find the php.ini file from the command line. (more…)
In this guide, I will show you, how to install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) – a stack of free, open source software for building a web server for general purpose.
yum install httpd
Backup the apache configuration file ‘httpd.conf’.
cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.backup
Set the apache service to start at boot.
chkconfig httpd on
Open the httpd configuration file and un-comment the line, containing the text “NameVirtualHost *:80”.
vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the rules to IPTABLES.
vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
Append the following lines before the REJECT line, to open http and https ports 80 and 443:
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
Save and close the file. Restart the firewall.
service iptables restart
Start the Apache HTTP Server daemon.
service httpd start
Visit http://localhost/ in your web browser, if you’ve installed server on your local machine, or enter the server’s IP address. You should see an Apache Test Page.
yum install mysql-server
Set the MySQL service to start at boot.
chkconfig mysqld on
Start the MySQL service.
service mysqld start
Set the root password for MySQL.
mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD
Test connectivity to MySQL.
mysql -u root -p
yum install php php-mysql
Restart Apache.
service httpd restart
You should now have the latest PHP installed:
php -v