[Fixed]-Installing MySQLdb for python2.7 in RHEL 6

About the yum dependencies issue with php-mysql, I recommend to switch to php-mysqlnd which have no dependency on libmysqlclient.

See: http://php.net/mysqlnd

To switch in a single transaction, you need to use yum shell:

# yum shell --enablerepo=remi
> remove php-mysql
> install php-mysqlnd
> run