php and java integration linux

After battleling for several days with this issue I finally reached a (dirty) solution. Maybe someone can shed some light on this issue.(is every step needed?? It works now finally but...) I'm using: apache 1.3.27 - php 4.2.3 - mysql 3.23.52 - RedHat8 - JavaSDK 1.3.1_06. WHat I had to do to get java work with php is: 1) in /etc/ld.so.conf add: /usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386 /usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386/server 2) in /etc/init.d/httpd add: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386:/usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386/server 3)while configuring PHP add: --with-php=/usr/local/java 4) in usr/local/lib/php.ini add: [java] java.home=/usr/local/java java.class.path=/usr/local/lib/php/php_java.jar java.library=/usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so extension_dir=/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429 extension=java.so 5) in the extension_dir of 4) do: ln -s java.so libphp_java.so *) The php-file that I use to check if it's working is: <?php $systemInfo = new Java("java.lang.System"); print "Total seconds since January 1, 1970: ".$systemInfo->currentTimeMillis(); ?> !!!! After all these steps if I would start apache and open this file I would get the following error: Fatal error: Unable to load Java Library /usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so, error: libverify.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in /web/htdocs/htdocs/java.php on line 5 6) The solution is that I open a console, type: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386 and after that start apache like: /usr/local/apache/1.3.27/bin/apachectl start -> the result is: Total seconds since January 1, 1970: 1.047930944E+12 /* The version of Java running is1.3.1_06*/ ---> this 'joke' cost me lots of time (and frustration). The offical README's suggest that some of these steps are not needed. So what went wrong??? ANyone suggestions??? Thnx, MrB