RE: [PHP-INST] ISP without PHP, can I get around this?

Thanks That clears everything up nicely:) I`ll definitely be talking more with Demon - I find it slightly loopy that they don`t as yet (and have no plans to) support PHP. Ill let you know how I get on, afterall were not the only organisation that uses Demon! Regards -Bridge Project Worker and IT Officer Centre for Sustainable Energy, Bristol T: 0117 930 4097 x227 F: 0117 929 9114 > Disclaimer > This message is private and confidential and should only be read by those > to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you should > not copy it or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any > other person, other than the intended recipient. Please delete the message > from your computer and destroy any copies, and also telephone us so that > we can correct our records. > > This message is not intended to be relied upon without subsequent written > or faxed confirmation of its contents. The Centre for Sustainable Energy > therefore cannot accept any liability of any kind which may arise from any > person acting upon the contents of the message without having had written > or faxed confirmation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Student7 SNT [SMTP:stude7@nortelnetworks.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 3:40 PM > To: colin@cse.org.uk; php-install@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-INST] ISP without PHP, can I get around this? > > Hi, > > The compiled module can be placed anywhere on the server you like, but > you'll need to be able to do a few things on the server to get this > working. You didn't say, but the fact that you are using telnet to access > the system leads me to the conclusion that it is some form of Unix that > your server is using, first you'll need to build a cross compiler for the > exact system your ISP is using (note: this step can be skipped if you have > > a pre-built binary of the PHP module you want to use, on the system you > want to use it) you can obtain all the necessary tools and instructions > for > building a cross compiler from the gnu website (www.gnu.org). > > Build the DSO module with the cross compiler on your local unix system and > > copy it to the place in your webspace where you want it. Next you'll need > to know whether your server supports dynamic module additions, and also > you'll need access to servers config file. if you have access to all this > stuff, then you need to add the lines to the config, then the server will > need to be restarted. You probably have no control over this, so you'll > have to ask demon to do it for you (or you can overload it with requests > and sneakily crash it ^_^ ). > > I find it fairly unlikely that Demon will let you do all this stuff, but > it > is theoretically possible to store the module in you webspace and load it > into the server. The simpler option is to make a proposal to demon to > install PHP themselves, point out to them that (if well configured) it can > > be safe for a large number of users to use without much monitoring. It > can't hurt to try eh? >