How to Install PHP Censor on Elementary OS Latest?

PHP Censor is a free and open-source continuous integration tool for PHP projects. It helps developers to verify their code quality and detect issues quickly. This tutorial will guide you through step-by-step instructions to install PHP Censor on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

• A sudo user.
• A running instance of Apache server.
• Latest version of PHP and MySQL/MariaDB installed.

Step 1: Install Composer

PHP Censor requires Composer, a PHP package manager, to download and manage its dependencies. You can install Composer by running the following command in your terminal.

sudo apt-get install composer

Step 2: Clone PHP Censor Repository

To clone PHP Censor repository from GitHub, use the following command:

git clone https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor.git

Step 3: Install PHP Censor dependencies

Navigate to PHP Censor directory and install necessary dependencies using the following command:

cd php-censor
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Step 4: Create MySQL/MariaDB database

Create a MySQL/MariaDB database for PHP Censor using the following command:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE php_censor;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON php_censor.* TO 'php_censor'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Make sure to replace 'php_censor' with your desired database name and 'password' with your desired password.

Step 5: Configure PHP Censor

Copy the config.yml.dist to config.yml and edit the following lines:

db:
    type: pdo_mysql
    host: localhost
    port: 3306
    name: php_censor
    user: php_censor
    pass: password

Make sure to replace 'php_censor', 'password', and the port number with your desired database name, password, and the port number respectively.

Step 6: Set up web server

Create a virtual host and point it to the public directory inside the php-censor directory.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/php-censor.conf

Add the following lines to it:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/php-censor/public
    <Directory /path/to/php-censor/public>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace 'yourdomain.com' and '/path/to/php-censor' with your desired domain and PHP Censor directory path respectively.

Step 7: Restart Apache server

After adding the virtual host file, you can restart the Apache server using the following command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 8: Verify installation

Open your web browser and navigate to your domain name. You should see the PHP Censor login page if everything is configured correctly.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed PHP Censor on your Elementary OS Latest machine. You can now use it to automate the process of testing and building your PHP projects.

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