Sets up Apache and Php-56 Environment with folder permissions.

Apache-PHP56 Environment

#!/bin/bash
#
# Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Praveen Saxena <>
# License: BSD-3-Clause
#
# To get:
# rm -rf apache-php56-environment && wget -O apache-php56-environment https://gist.githubusercontent.com/saxenap/03064bd5d805ee0c0675/raw && chmod 777 apache-php56-environment && ./apache-php56-environment

sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST /etc/localtime
echo " Timezone modified to EST."     

yum -y update
yum -y install gcc gcc-c++ make 
echo " Installed: Core Yum Packages."

yum -y install git

yum -y install pcre-devel
yum -y install httpd24-devel
chkconfig httpd on
echo " Installed: Apache Server."

yum -y install glibc-devel libcurl-devel libuuid-devel libyaml
yum -y install php56-devel
yum -y install php-pear
yum -y install php56-jsonc-devel
yum -y install php56-mbstring
yum -y install php56-mcrypt
yum -y install php56-mysqlnd php56-pdo
yum -y install php56-opcache
echo " Installed: PHP-56 and PHP Libraries."

pecl config-set php_ini /etc/php.ini
pear config-set php_ini /etc/php.ini
printf "\n" | pecl install redis uuid uri_template-alpha
echo " Installed: PECL Extensions"

sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
echo " Installed: Composer Package Manager."

groupadd www
usermod -a -G www apache
usermod -a -G www ec2-user

rm -rf /var/www/cgi-bin /var/www/icons /var/www/noindex /var/www/error

chgrp -R www /var/www
chown -R root:www /var/www
find /var/www -type d -exec sudo chmod 2775 {} +
find /var/www -type f -exec sudo chmod 0664 {} +
echo " /var/www folder permissions modified."

echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
echo " PHPINFO available in /phpinfo.php"

service httpd restart


echo "Success: Environment Init Finished."