Re: apache error: cannot open shared object file ??

Is libexpat.so.0 somewhere on your LD_LIBRARY_PATH ? Not being able to find a shared library is not really a PHP issue, it is a system configuration issue. If you are on Linux you can edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add the directory this shared library is in and run ldconfig -Rasmus On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Marvin Horst wrote: > I don't understand why I get this message when attempting to start apache. > The libexpat.so.0 file does exist in /usr/local/lib. > > Syntax error on line 237 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf: > Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server: libexpat.so.0: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started > > > My config for php 4.0.6 is: > ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \ > --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache/conf \ > --enable-ftp \ > --with-imap=/usr/local \ > --with-interbase=/opt/interbase \ > --with-mysql --with-gd=/usr --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-ttf \ > --enable-debug=no \ > --with-xml --with-expat-dir=/usr/local --with-sablot=/usr/local > > > > >