Re: PHP building on Linux: A question on configure script!

Hi, On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Ananth Kesari wrote: > To build for Apache on Unix, it appears that we have to use the > following options in the configure script to get the equivalent of > what I mentioned above: > > --with-apache=<Path to Apache source> --disable-posix > --with-mysql=shared --with-ldap=shared --enable-ftp --enable-bcmath > --enable-calendar > > The problem in this approach is that we seem to be getting a static > library (xxx.a) as an output. We are not clear what we are supposed to > do with this library! Perhaps this needs to be then built along with > Apache into the Apache executable. Yup, you're correct with that statement. > > There is an option called: > > --with-apxs=<path to the apxs script of Apache> > > which seems to produce a "DSO" which doesn't seem to work on Linux. > The build fails due to errors in the apxs script. --with-apxs would be the way to go, what errors do you get? Are you using Apache 1.3 or a 2.0 series? Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------