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title: 2.5.3.1 PHP for Linux
description: "According to the PHP Website: \"We do not distribute binaries for UNIX/Linux binaries. Most Linux distributions come with PHP these days, so if you do not want to compile your own, go to your distribution's download site.\" They did provide…"
url: "https://i2b2.org/docs/2-5-3-1-php-for-linux/"
updated: "2026-09-15"
category: i2b2 Installation Guide / Chapter 2. Requirements / 2.5 Web Server Requirements / 2.5.3 PHP
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# 2.5.3.1 PHP for Linux

According to the PHP Website:

"We do not distribute binaries for UNIX/Linux binaries. Most Linux distributions come with PHP these days, so if you do not want to compile your own, go to your distribution's download site."

They did provide a list of binaries available on external servers for many different versions of Linux and MacOS. To see a list of these external servers you can go to the following page on the php website:

[http://php.net/downloads.php](http://php.net/downloads.php)

For documentation on configuring PHP for cURL you can visit the following page on the php website:

[http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php)