Installing PHP 7 from source

this post assumes you are familiar with Slackware 14.2 and have php 5.6 installed

1. Donwload php from sources, and extract it
2. inside the sources, create a script with this code or copy/paste on bash:
   

   #!/bin/bash
   ./configure \
       --with-config-file-path=/etc \
       --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc \
       --enable-mbstring \
       --enable-zip \
       --enable-bcmath \
       --enable-pcntl \
       --enable-ftp \
       --enable-exif \
       --enable-calendar \
       --enable-sysvmsg \
       --enable-sysvsem \
       --enable-sysvshm \
       --enable-wddx \
       --enable-intl \
       --with-curl \
       --with-iconv \
       --with-gmp \
       --with-pspell \
       --with-gd \
       --with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
       --with-png-dir=/usr \
       --with-zlib-dir=/usr \
       --with-xpm-dir=/usr \
       --with-freetype-dir=/usr \
       --enable-gd-jis-conv \
       --with-openssl \
       --with-pdo-mysql=/usr \
       --with-gettext=/usr \
       --with-zlib=/usr \
       --with-bz2 \
       --with-apxs2=/usr/bin/apxs \
       --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config \
       --with-ldap \
     --with-libdir=lib64

   edit: the long line from above as one line:
   ./configure --with-config-file-path=/etc --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --enable-intl --with-curl --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-zlib=/usr --with-bz2 --with-apxs2=/usr/bin/apxs --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config --with-ldap --with-libdir=lib64
   
   
3. make
4. make test
5. su
6. make install
7. edit /etc/httpd/mod_php.ini and comment lib_php5.so line
8. rc.httpd restart