Arch Linux User Repository

Created binary repository on build.opensuse.org

https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:el:archphp

For Arch Linux, edit /etc/pacman.conf and add the following (note that the order of repositories in pacman.conf is important, since pacman always downloads the first found package):

[home_el_archphp_Arch]
Server = https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/el:/archphp/Arch/$arch

Then run the following as root

key=$(curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:el:archphp/Arch/$(uname -m)/home_el_archphp_Arch.key)
fingerprint=$(gpg --quiet --with-colons --import-options show-only --import --fingerprint <<< "${key}" | awk -F: '$1 == "fpr" { print $10 }')
pacman-key --init
pacman-key --add - <<< "${key}"
pacman-key --lsign-key "${fingerprint}"

Refresh packages database

pacman -Syy

Now search for php packages you need:

pacman -Ss php56

Install with pacman -S packages you need or all PHP 5.6 packages with:

sudo pacman -S $(pacman -Ssq | grep '^php56')

Read Carefully! Breaking changes in compare with native PHP package

Console version /usr/bin/php56 is installed with php56-cli subpackage, php56 doesn't include it anymore!!!

PEAR and PECL are available as php56-pear and php56-pecl subpackages

All shared modules are respresented as stand-alone subpackages and are not included with php56 package anymore.

No more extensions in php.ini itself!

Separate INI files for each extension are placed in /etc/php56/conf.d

They are loaded in correct order according to priority

PHP 5.6 will stop getting security updates in January 2019. Consider upgrading to PHP 7 now

PLEASE READ : For those who are getting "unknown public key" errors, this is NOT caused by this package. It means GPG is not configured to fetch public keys automatically (which is normal by default)

Please read the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Signature_checking

The easiest way to overcome this is to manually import the keys from a keyserver :

$ gpg --keyserver hkp://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys C2BF0BC433CFC8B3 FE857D9A90D90EC1

foxxx and I have been working together and this package can now be installed along PHP 7 from the official repos. Everything has been moved into separate directories : Config : /etc/php56 Extensions : /usr/lib/php56/modules Binaries : /usr/bin/php56, /usr/bin/php56-cgi, /usr/bin/phar56, etc. If you were previously using this as a replacement for php7, you'll have to adjust the new configuration files in /etc/php56/ to reflect the current ones in /etc/php/. Apache module (provided by php56-apache) also has a specific configuration and CAN NOT cohabit with php7_module. Use php-fpm, fcgi or cgi if you need both versions. The apache module is installed as libphp56.so, so you should use the following lines your httpd.conf : # Load php 5.6 module LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp56.so # Use it for .php extensions Include conf/extra/php56_module.conf Please let me know if you encounter any problem or have a suggestion.

Apache is not a dependency, it is a make-dependency. You can't compile the package files without it, but apache can be removed after building the package.

Why is Apache a dependency? Should not that be only for the mod_php extension and installed optional if needed? There are other people that would like to have PHP-FPM & Nginx only without a trace of HTTPD in their system and it is working great.

@systemshq: Well then, please read the error carefully, it is entirely up to you what you do with it. You can either import the gpg key (recommended) using: gpg --recv-keys C2BF0BC433CFC8B3 Or you can run makepkg using the "--skippgpcheck" switch.

Got a pgp signature error when trying to install php56 ==> Downloading php56 PKGBUILD from AUR... x .SRCINFO x PKGBUILD x apache.conf x logrotate.d.php-fpm x php-apache.install x php-fpm.conf.in.patch x php-fpm.install x php-fpm.service x php-fpm.tmpfiles x php.ini.patch php56 5.6.18-1 (2016-02-04 22:31) ( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! ) ==> WARNING: This PKGBUILD describes a split package. ==> Specific package options are unknown ==> php56 dependencies: - apache (already installed) [makedepend] - c-client (already installed) [makedepend] - postgresql-libs (already installed) [makedepend] - libldap (already installed) [makedepend] - smtp-forwarder (already installed) [makedepend] - sqlite (already installed) [makedepend] - unixodbc (already installed) [makedepend] - net-snmp (already installed) [makedepend] - libzip (already installed) [makedepend] - enchant (already installed) [makedepend] - file (already installed) [makedepend] - freetds (already installed) [makedepend] - libmcrypt (already installed) [makedepend] - tidyhtml (already installed) [makedepend] - aspell (already installed) [makedepend] - libltdl (already installed) [makedepend] - gd (already installed) [makedepend] - icu (already installed) [makedepend] - curl (already installed) [makedepend] - libxslt (already installed) [makedepend] - openssl (already installed) [makedepend] - db (already installed) [makedepend] - gmp (already installed) [makedepend] - systemd (already installed) [makedepend] ==> Continue building php56 ? [Y/n] ==> ------------------------------- ==> ==> Building and installing package ==> This PKGBUILD provides " php56 php56-cgi php56-apache php56-fpm php56-embed php56-phpdbg php56-pear php56-enchant php56-gd php56-imap php56-intl php56-ldap php56-mcrypt php56-mssql php56-odbc php56-pgsql php56-pspell php56-snmp php56-sqlite php56-tidy php56-xsl " ==> Install only php56 ? [Y/n] ==> -------------------------- ==> ==> Making package: php56 5.6.18-1 (Thu 18 Feb 12:21:15 GMT 2016) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Downloading php-5.6.18.tar.xz... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 11.0M 100 11.0M 0 0 4616k 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 4616k -> Downloading php-5.6.18.tar.xz.asc... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 473 100 473 0 0 1618 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1636 -> Found php.ini.patch -> Found apache.conf -> Found php-fpm.conf.in.patch -> Found logrotate.d.php-fpm -> Found php-fpm.service -> Found php-fpm.tmpfiles ==> Validating source files with md5sums... php-5.6.18.tar.xz ... Passed php-5.6.18.tar.xz.asc ... Skipped php.ini.patch ... Passed apache.conf ... Passed php-fpm.conf.in.patch ... Passed logrotate.d.php-fpm ... Passed php-fpm.service ... Passed php-fpm.tmpfiles ... Passed ==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg... php-5.6.18.tar.xz ... FAILED (unknown public key C2BF0BC433CFC8B3) ==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!

Just to be honest, there is no actual bug in yaourt and it perfectly builds this package. The part I didn't mention was ==> This PKGBUILD provides " php56 php56-cgi php56-apache php56-fpm php56-embed php56-phpdbg php56-pear php56-enchant php56-gd php56-imap php56-intl php56-ldap php56-mcrypt php56-mssql php56-odbc php56-pgsql php56-pspell php56-snmp php56-sqlite php56-tidy php56-xsl " ==> Install only php56 ? [Y/n] ==> -------------------------- ==> should be answered [n], instead of default [Y]

@foxxx: Thank you, cower -d php56 cd php56 makepkg -si resolved the issue

@shilkovsky: Please do NOT use yaourt. It's broken and causes problems all the time. As I've already suggested to marcvangend: please use cower + makepkg. This sould build *all* packages from the php56 group, including those who seem to be missing on your system.