#17877 [Com]: installing PHP and not able to start iplanet server

ID: 17877 Comment by: sghanukot@yahoo.com Reported By: dooms@sun.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: iPlanet related Operating System: solaris 8 Generic_108528-14 PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: Dear Friends I had similar problems in installing PHP in iPlanet. But i got rid of them. Here is the complete solution. After sucessfully installing PHP (follow any PHP installation docs), install iPlanet. My Machine details ---------------------------------------- Platform: windows 2000 client PHP version: php4.2.3 iPlanet version: Sun(TM)ONE Web Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 Service Pack 4 (formerlyiPlanet(TM) Web Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 Service Pack 4) Jsdk Version: jdk1.3.1 i have made the following changes to the default local virtual server of your iPlanet installation (usually i will be with your machine name on windows, i dont know on other platfoms) conf files (each statement is in a single line). magnus.conf --------------------- Init fn="load-modules" funcs="php4_init,php4_close,php4_execute,php4_auth_trans" shlib="c:/php423/sapi/php4nsapi.dll" (this whole statement is in a single line) Init fn="php4_init" LateInit="yes" errorString="Failed to initialise PHP!" (this whole statement is in a single line) in obj.conf ---------------------- in <Object name=default> section add this line before addlog after all objecttype Service fn="php4_execute" type="magnus-internal/x-httpd-php" (single line) (add the below statements at the end of the file) <Object name="x-httpd-php"> ObjectType fn="force-type" type="magnus-internal/x-httpd-php" Service fn=php4_execute </Object> write some sample test php file and place in docs directory of your iplanet. open browser and try this http://127.0.0.1/test.php (or what ever be your php file name) best wishes Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-20 14:21:10] sander@php.net Closing on user request. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-20 14:07:49] dooms@sun.com please close bug. was able to get server back up. issue was due to the magnus.conf. I added the new php info as one line not two. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-20 12:34:27] dooms@sun.com installed mysql-3.23.51 nad php-4.2.1 with iPlanet-WebServer-Enterprise/6.0SP2 B11/13/2001 on solaris 8. Followed the process for Servers-Netscape and iPlanet and now get the following errors when tring to start the iplanet server. 20/Jun/2002:09:46:10] config (10920): for host 0.0.0.0 trying to GET /, func_exec reports: cannot find function named php4_auth_trans [20/Jun/2002:09:46:10] config (10920): func_exec reports: cannot find function named php4_init [20/Jun/2002:09:46:10] failure (10920): Late initialization failed: Error running init function(late) php4_init: unknown error modified: /configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-nsapi=/www/iplanet/servers --enable-track-vars --enable-libgcc add to the obj.conf file <Object name="default"> AuthTrans fn=php4_auth_trans . . . .#NOTE .#This next line should happen after .#all 'ObjectType' and before all 'AddLog' lines Service fn="php4_execute" type="magnus-internal/x-httpd-php" . . . </Object> <Object name="x-httpd-php"> ObjectType fn="force-type" type="magnus-internal/x-httpd-php" Service fn=php4_execute </Object> add to the magnus.conf file Init fn="load-modules" shlib="/your/path/from/root/libphp4.so" funcs="php4_init,php4_close,php4_execute,php4_auth_trans" Init fn="php4_init" LateInit="yes" add to the mime.type file type=magnus-internal/x-httpd-php exts=php,php3,php4,phtml Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17877&edit=1