I am on centos 6.5 and when I install do yum install php-common it goes ahead and installs some packages, but php is still not installed. And, when I want to install php directly it is says php-common is causing conflict and does install the php module or even php-cli independently.
What is php-common used for?
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To answer the question, here’s what’s in php-common on Redhat Enterprise 6.4 version of the package:
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[marc@foo ~]$ rpm -ql php-common/etc/php.d/etc/php.d/curl.ini/etc/php.d/fileinfo.ini/etc/php.d/json.ini/etc/php.d/phar.ini/etc/php.d/zip.ini/etc/php.ini/usr/lib64/php/usr/lib64/php/modules/usr/lib64/php/modules/curl.so/usr/lib64/php/modules/fileinfo.so/usr/lib64/php/modules/json.so/usr/lib64/php/modules/phar.so/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so/usr/lib64/php/pear/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/CODING_STANDARDS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/CREDITS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/EXTENSIONS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/INSTALL/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/LICENSE/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/NEWS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.EXTENSIONS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.EXT_SKEL/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.PARAMETER_PARSING_API/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.REDIST.BINS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.RELEASE_PROCESS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.SELF-CONTAINED-EXTENSIONS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.STREAMS/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.SUBMITTING_PATCH/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.SVN-RULES/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.TESTING/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.TESTING2/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.UNIX-BUILD-SYSTEM/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.WIN32-BUILD-SYSTEM/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.input_filter/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/README.namespaces/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/TSRM_LICENSE/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/ZEND_CHANGES/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/ZEND_LICENSE/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/php.ini-development/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/php.ini-production/usr/share/doc/php-common-5.3.3/regex_COPYRIGHT/usr/share/php/var/lib/phpAs you can see, it basically contains the .so modules for curl, zip, fileinfo, json, and phar, plus license/support files.