I have done as you requested and then restarted the server. There was no php error log being kept so I fixed that. I dropped all tables from the db and ran the install again. Same result. No php errors are being recorded either. I hesitate to include the phpinfo since it is so long and there does not seem to be a way to attach a file, so I will only include the top part of it. If you really want more info, I can include later.
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PHP Version 5.3.8
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Configure Command This is irrelevant, look inside the /usr/share/doc/php-doc/configure_command file. urpmi is your friend, use it to install extensions not shown below.
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