diff --git a/tests/p_php/20-php-mysql-test.sh b/tests/p_php/20-php-mysql-test.sh
index 458cfb7..dbdc180 100755
--- a/tests/p_php/20-php-mysql-test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_php/20-php-mysql-test.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ t_InstallPackage php-mysql
 #starting with 5.10 we need to reflect mysql55
 if [ $centos_ver = 5 ]
 then
-  t_InstallPackage mysql55-mysql-server nc
-  t_ServiceControl mysql55-mysqld start >/dev/null 2>&1
+  t_InstallPackage mysql-server mysql55-mysql-server nc
 else
   t_InstallPackage mysql-server nc
-  t_ServiceControl mysqld start >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
+t_ServiceControl mysqld start >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 #create a little DB to use
 CREATE='/var/tmp/mysql-php-QA.sql'
@@ -81,3 +80,4 @@ t_CheckExitStatus $?
 
 #cleaning up
 /bin/rm $READ $CREATE $INSERT
+mysql -u root -e 'drop database phptests' >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/tests/p_php/25-php-mysql55-test.sh b/tests/p_php/25-php-mysql55-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ef847cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/p_php/25-php-mysql55-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+y#!/bin/sh
+# Author: Athmane Madjoudj <athmanem@gmail.com>
+# Author: Christoph Galuschka <tigalch@tigalch.org>
+# reusing the script from LAMP-Tests
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - php-cli basic interaction with mysql test."
+
+# Install php-mysql-module
+t_InstallPackage php-mysql
+
+# we need a working and running mysql server
+#starting with 5.10 we need to reflect mysql55
+if [ $centos_ver = 5 ]
+then
+  t_ServiceControl mysqld stop
+  t_ServiceControl mysql55-mysqld start >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+#create a little DB to use
+CREATE='/var/tmp/mysql-php-QA.sql'
+
+cat >$CREATE <<EOF
+drop database if exists phptests;
+create database phptests;
+use phptests;
+create table tests (name varchar(20)) ;
+grant all on phptests.* to 'centos'@'localhost' identified by 'qa';
+flush privileges;
+EOF
+
+mysql <$CREATE
+
+# create PHP Script and write something into DB
+INSERT='/var/tmp/test.php'
+
+cat >$INSERT <<EOF
+<?php
+\$dbconnect = mysql_connect("localhost","centos","qa");
+if (!\$dbconnect)
+  {
+  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
+  }
+mysql_select_db("phptests", \$dbconnect);
+mysql_query("INSERT INTO tests (name)
+VALUES ('phpsqltest')");
+mysql_close(\$dbconnect);
+?> 
+EOF
+
+php $INSERT
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+  then
+  t_Log "Inserting into DB failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# create PHP script to read from DB
+READ='/var/tmp/read.php'
+cat >$READ <<EOF
+<?php
+\$dbconnect = mysql_connect("localhost","centos","qa");
+if (!\$dbconnect)
+  {
+  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
+  }
+mysql_select_db("phptests", \$dbconnect);
+\$array = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) as success FROM tests WHERE name = 'phpsqltest'");
+mysql_close(\$dbconnect);
+\$line = mysql_fetch_array(\$array, MYSQL_ASSOC);
+print \$line['success'];
+?>
+EOF
+
+# If we execute the script and get '1' it works (1 entry should be in the DB)
+php $READ | grep -q '1'
+
+t_CheckExitStatus $?
+
+#cleaning up
+/bin/rm $READ $CREATE $INSERT
+mysql -u root -e 'drop database phptests' >/dev/null 2>&1