This is a simple tutorial, on how to download the php source, compile and get it installed on your system

Lets start by downloading the latest source from the php site

example 
cd /tmp
wget http://www.php.net/get/php-5.2.10.tar.gz/from/uk.php.net/mirror
Tar –xzvf php-5.2.10.tar.gz
cd php-5.2.10

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