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CentOS 5.x comes with PHP 5.1, this version is outdated and you probably would want to upgrade it. I used Atomic repository. You can add it by running following command: wget -q -O - http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic.sh | sh Now you can update PHP: yum update php yum update php-mcrypt (you might also need to update mysql ) Verify version of running PHP: php -v And that all modules working as order: php -m Restart Apache, you are all set. Provided by: SiQ systems, Cloud experts

If you get SQL Error: 13 after changing tmpdir parameter in you my.cnf first check permissions in a new directory. If permissions are correct you might be having an issue with AppArmor. AppArmor is a GNU security module for the Linux kernel and it might prevent MySQL from writing to the new directory. Run: aa-status To verify if it`s on. If so you will get something like: profiles are loaded profiles are in enforce mode Edit this file: /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld and append your new temp directory in the end. #### /usr/sbin/mysqld { ... /new_tmp/ r, /new_tmp/* rw, } Reload AppArmor with: /etc/init.d/apparmor reload Thats it.