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Change File Permissions on Raspberry Pi: A Mini Post

Published on June 13, 2014 by Bill Sanders in JSON and PHP and Raspberry PI. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

raspiFilePermEasy as Pi

When I first found out that I had to change the file permissions to use the Memento implementation that stores data in JSON format, I had to change permissions on my Mac’s localhost, my Linux server and my Raspberry Pi sitting on my LAN. I had not done so before on my Raspberry P,i and I figured that some of those who have Raspberry Pi computers may not have either. I use the Raspbian OS, which is a version of the Debian Linux OS, and these instructions are based on that OS. If you have a different Linux OS or even Unix, the CLI commands in the Root Terminal should work for you as well. (Click below to see the directions for making the changes.)
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Easy Writer: Setup for Raspberry Pi PHP

Published on August 1, 2013 by Bill Sanders in Beginning PHP OOP, MySql Connection and Raspberry PI. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

RaspPHPFocus on writing PHP Code

In fiddling around with PHP on a Raspberry Pi running on a Debian Linux OS more or less directly from a terminal mode, I realized that the focus (in my case) was getting the Linux commands right and very little with actually writing PHP programs. Most queries about getting the setup right involved Linux system administration and not PHP programming.

This short post is for Raspberry Pi users (and perhaps Linux users in general), and it focuses on setting up your Raspberry Pi so that you can use default Raspberry Pi editors (LeafPad) and the File Manager to work with PHP programs. Once set up, you will find the process of creating server-side programs in PHP much easier with no need to use the  terminal editors after setting up your system.

Installing Apache and PHP

Because PHP is a server-side language, you will need both a server and PHP installed on your Raspberry Pi. Using the Root Terminal (Accessories → Root Terminal), enter the following line:

sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Press the Enter key and patiently wait until it’s completed the setup. Once done, you computer will have both a web server and PHP installed. To test whether installation was successful, open a browser from the main menu (Internet → NetSurf Web Browser) and enter the following:

  http://localhost/

If everything works, you will see the message shown in Figure 1 on the right:

Figure 1: Default Web Page

Figure 1: Default Web Page

This location (http://localhost) is the root for your Web pages—PHP and any other Web page you decide to put on your Raspberry Pi Apache server. The name of the file is index.html. On your Raspberry Pi, in the Linux file system, the address is:

  /var/www/

Open the File Manager (Accessories → File Manager) and in the window where you see /home/pi enter /var/www. You will now be able to see the icon for the html file that was automatically created when you installed the Apache server.
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