Re: question

not sure again, but im almost posative that if a lib is compiled statically, ie libpng.a that doesnt mean that libphp has to be compiled staticaly. Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com In article <Pine.OSF.4.30.0011171822240.16402-100000@ewald.mbi.ucla.edu>, holton@mbi.ucla.edu wrote: > > ok, that makes alot of sense, and i bet you are right. So, now, since i > want to include this thing called TWIG, in which the instructions given > are clearly a static compile, then i guess i have to use the big static > PHP setting, instead of the dynamic one that i now have working, right? > .. i guess the more things you add, the more you will have to go static? > thanks > > On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Chris Lee wrote: > >> ok, this is where people start yelling and screaming saying im wrong, >> but Im pretty sure this is how it works. >> >> when you compile as static it takes all the libraries you asked to link >> with, ie. libgd, MySQL, libpdf, etc and puts them inside the libphp4 >> file, that way libphp4 gets big, its slightly faster (problably not >> much if any), and if some hacker kid gets in your system and puts a >> trojan version of libpdf, then your libphp4 isnt affected because you >> compiled it statically (I dont think this is a huge concern) >> >> I usually compile as shared just so that I can be lazy and dont have to >> recompile php if I compile a new version of libpng etc. >> >> Chris Lee >> >> >> >> In article >> <Pine.OSF.4.30.0011171811400.16402-100000@ewald.mbi.ucla.edu>, >> holton@mbi.ucla.edu wrote: >> >> > >> > I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has helped in this list. >> > I have yet another question: >> > >> > Can anyone explain the different between static and dynamic PHP? And >> > does making a new static PHP have any effect on an already running >> > dynamic PHP >> > (libphp4.so) sitting in my /usr/lib/ and /usr/lib/apache directories? >> > thanks again, >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: >> php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, >> e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> > > >