Ubuntu/Debian/Mint

# apt-get install clamav clamav-db clamd clamav-devel php-devel

Redhat

# yum install php-devel
# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/clamav/clamav-0.97.7-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/clamav/clamav-db-0.97.7-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/clamav/clamd-0.97.7-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/clamav/clamav-devel-0.97.7-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
# rpm -Uvh clam*
# freshclam
# service clamd start

Configure php-clamav

Download php-clamav from from sf.net

# wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/php-clamav/0.15/php-clamav_0.15.7.tar.gz
# tar xvzf php-clamav_0.15.7.tar.gz
# cd php-clamav-0.15.7/
# phpize
#./configure –with-clamav
# make
# cp modules/clamav.so /usr/lib/php/modules/

Add the modules to php.ini if required.

extension=clamav.so

Make sure the module is loaded

# php -i | grep -i clam
clamav

Incase you see the following error create a symlink to clamav path
LibClamAV Error: cl_load(): Can’t get status of /var/lib/clamav

# ln -s /var/clamav /var/lib/clamav

Test script
Get the testing virus file from http://www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html and save it on a file (eg: /tmp/virus.txt)

Create a php script:
cat > check_virus.php

<?php
$file = ‘/tmp/testing.txt’;
$retcode = cl_scanfile($file, $virusname);
if ($retcode == CL_VIRUS) {
echo .”Virus found name : “.$virusname;
} else {
echo .cl_pretcode($retcode);
}
?>

$ php check_virus.php
Virus found name : Eicar-Test-Signature

./arun

First thought of compiling php from source, but hard to keep it uptodate. So decided to make the life easier with EPEL/IUS repositories.

Remove all existing php related packages:

# rpm -e php php-mysql php-cli php-pdo php-common

Download and install the EPEL/IUS RPMs

# wget http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/5/i386/epel-release-1-1.ius.el5.noarch.rpm

# wget http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/5/i386/ius-release-1.0-8.ius.el5.noarch.rpm

incase if the list not working just browse and find the rpm.

Install the RPMs

# rpm -Uvh *-release-*.rpm

Now you can install php 5.2 or 5.3 like:

# yum install php52 php52-mysql

./arun