Is json support available for PHP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5?

Issue

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Issue

• How to get json support for RHEL 5?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Resolution

There is no json package shipped with RHEL 5.

Install php-pear, php-devel and gcc packages using yum as follows.

# yum install php-devel php-pear gcc
# pecl install json

Add the following entry in /etc/php.ini

extension=json.so

   OR

Create a file in /etc/php.d called “json.ini”, and add the following line:

extension=json.so

This will install json module from php.net and need to restart apache server for the changes to take effect.

# service httpd restart