Upgrade PHP 5.1/5.2 to 5.3 on CentOS

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I’m finding that more and more software developers are being quite inconsiderate and are making code that requires PHP 5.3. Since many server-based and long-term support distros are still on PHP 5.2, this can make things difficult quickly.

via Upgrade PHP 5.1/5.2 to 5.3 on CentOS :: Chris Jean.

Here here!  I needed to do the following on CentOS 5.7:

#sudo yum erase php

#sudo yum erase php-commons

#sudo yum install php53

#sudo yum install php53-mysql