How to Install PHP Censor on Linux Mint

PHP Censor is an open-source continuous integration tool written in PHP. It can be used to automate the testing of your codebase by performing various tasks such as building, testing, and deploying code changes. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install PHP Censor on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

1. Installing LAMP stack

LAMP stack is a bundle of software components that are required for PHP Censor to work properly. LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to install LAMP stack on Linux Mint.

1. Open up your terminal and type the following command to update your system:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

2. Install Apache web server by running the following command:

sudo apt install apache2

3. Install MySQL database server by running the following command:

sudo apt install mysql-server

4. Install PHP along with some necessary plugins:

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-cli php-curl php-mbstring php-xml

2. Installing Git

PHP Censor is hosted on GitHub, and Git is a distributed version control system that is commonly used for managing source code changes. To install Git, run the following command:

sudo apt install git

Steps to Install PHP Censor

1. Create a new directory for PHP Censor and navigate to it:

mkdir ~/php-censor && cd ~/php-censor

2. Clone the PHP Censor repository:

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

3. Install Composer dependency manager and install the dependencies:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install --no-dev --prefer-dist

4. Copy the configuration file and adjust its settings:

cp .env.example .env
nano .env

5. Generate a secret key to secure the application:

php vendor/bin/generate-defuse-key

6. Create a new database and user for PHP Censor:

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

7. Run the PHP Censor installer:

php app/install.php

8. Start the built-in PHP web server:

php -S localhost:8080 -t public public/index.php

9. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080. You should see the PHP Censor welcome page. Log in using the default username and password (admin and password, respectively).

10. Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHP Censor on Linux Mint.

Conclusion

PHP Censor is a powerful tool for automating the testing and deployment of your code changes. In this tutorial, we showed you how to install PHP Censor on Linux Mint, step by step. Happy coding!

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