diff --git a/packages/web/php/build b/packages/web/php/build
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+++ b/packages/web/php/build
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+strip_lto
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --disable-static \
+            --enable-shared \
+            --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+            --infodir=/usr/share/info \
+            --disable-all \
+            --without-pear \
+            --with-config-file-path=/etc \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+            --disable-cli \
+            --enable-cgi \
+            --enable-fastcgi \
+            --disable-sockets \
+            --disable-posix \
+            --disable-spl \
+            --disable-session \
+            --without-openssl \
+            --disable-libxml \
+            --disable-xml \
+            --disable-xmlreader \
+            --disable-xmlwriter \
+            --disable-simplexml \
+            --with-zlib=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+            --disable-exif \
+            --disable-ftp \
+            --without-gettext \
+            --without-gmp \
+            --disable-json \
+            --without-readline \
+            --without-ncurses \
+            --disable-pcntl \
+            --disable-sysvmsg \
+            --disable-sysvsem \
+            --disable-sysvshm \
+            --disable-zip \
+            --disable-filter \
+            --disable-calendar \
+            --with-curl=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+            --with-pcre-regex \
+            --without-sqlite \
+            --with-sqlite3=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+            --enable-sqlite-utf8 \
+            --disable-pdo \
+            --without-pdo-sqlite \
+            --without-pdo-mysql \
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/web/php/install b/packages/web/php/install
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+++ b/packages/web/php/install
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/sapi/cgi/php-cgi $INSTALL/usr/bin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/php.ini-production $INSTALL/etc/php.ini
+  sed -e "s|^doc_root[[:space:]]*=.*$|doc_root = /usr/www|" \
+      -e "s|^.cgi.force_redirect[[:space:]]*=.*$|cgi.force_redirect = 0|" \
+      -i $INSTALL/etc/php.ini
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/www
+  echo "<?php" > $INSTALL/usr/www/test.php
+  echo "phpinfo();" >> $INSTALL/usr/www/test.php
+  echo "?>" >> $INSTALL/usr/www/test.php
diff --git a/packages/web/php/meta b/packages/web/php/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c8adf0eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/php/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="php"
+PKG_VERSION="5.3.6"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="OpenSource"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.php.net"
+PKG_URL="http://www.php.net/distributions/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib pcre sqlite curl"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib pcre sqlite curl"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="web"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="php: Scripting language especially suited for Web development"
+PKG_LONGDESC="PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"