Re: Upgrading PHP

Frank Miller wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I have another question. If I have to recompile Apache can I take this opportunity to upgrade it as well. I'm using 1.3.14 but would like to upgrade to a more recent version. Also, I remember when I compiled PHP the first time I had to have the Apache source and when I compiled PHP one of the configure parameters was --with-apache=../apache1.3.14 . Since I didn't do that for this recent compile of PHP will I have to compile PHP over again? TIA - Frank

If you didn't put the '--with-apache' in, PHP compiled itself as a CGI binary executable. Yes, you'll need to recompile PHP over again. You may want to take this opportunity to investigate Apache's DSO system (dynamic shared object). You can recreate a new PHP 'module' for Apache without having to recompile Apache again in the future. It's apparently a small performance hit, but I've not been able to notice any sizable decrease in performance on production servers we work with using the DSO system. Hope that helps. -------------------------- Michael Kimsal http://www.phphelpdesk.com Taking the ? out of <?php 734-480-9961