Re: How do I upgrade my version of PHP?

In article <B9ABA294.13CEA%monty3@hotmail.com>, monty3@hotmail.com says... > > > > patch is a *nix program to apply patches such as the one you have > > downloaded. man is a *nix program which displays help about the program > > supplied as an argument to man - so 'man patch' will show you the manual > > page for patch. > > > > -- > > David Robley > > David, if I downloaded the patch which is named "php-4.2.3.tar.gz, do I just > put this file on my server then type: > > patch php-4.2.3.tar.gz > > Is that all I need to do? And do you know if this will preserve all my ini > and setup settings automatically? > > Sorry for the novice questions, I've never applied a patch on Linux before. > Thanks for the help. > > Monty That's not a patch, that is the complete source for php 4.2.3 in compressed tar format - commonly known as a tarball. Normal procedure is to unpack that, probably in /usr/local/src but up to you, then run configure with the options you need, and then install according to the type of configure you selected (cgi, apache loadable module) There is a fair amount of documentation in the root of the source distribution - taken with the manual section on installation that should give you a start. -- David Robley Temporary Kiwi! Quod subigo farinam