CentOS 6 (VirtualBox)

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# network
Go to VirtualBox → Preferences → select Network tab and create a Host-Only Network adapter (Adapter 1) 
Go to VirtualBox → Preferences → select Network tab and create a NAT Network adapter (Adapter 2)

Boot up the VM
Open Terminal
ifconfig // should see eth0 and eth1

# allow the host to see web server
sudo system-config-firewall
enable www(tcp), SSH, www secure

# install apache, php, mysql
sudo yum install httpd
sudo service httpd start 

# navigate to browser and type in the ip address found by running ifconfig
# apache page should load

sudo yum install mysql-server
sudo service mysqld start

sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

sudo yum install php php-mysql php-xml php-curl php-gd php-mcrypt php-common

# yum install zip ftp
# any other php modules 
yum search php-

# yum info {name of the module}
# sudo yum {install name of the module}

# restart apache to make everything take effect
sudo service httpd restart

# change permissions if needed
sudo find foldername -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ";"
sudo find foldername -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ";"