Re: rpm install of Apache and PHP3 -- must I make PHP?

I'm sure others have had a different experience, but for me, just grabbing the code and compiling from scratch has always worked far easier than messing around with RPMs. The other reason I prefer this method is that on other OSes (Solaris) in my case, this is really the only way to go. MySQL would probably be safe to install from a binary, but I'd grab the tarball, not the RPM. If you go this route you WILL know exact where things are being installed since you will have alot more control over the whole process. 'apxs' is an Apache helper program that is used to help install 3rd party shared Apache modules. It basically tells PHP where to install itself and then activates the module in the httpd.conf. Lastly, did you check your http.conf file to see if PHP is activated for the filename extensions you want to use? Your problem could be this simple. Cary Thus spake Claire Morris (ecbear@mail.utexas.edu): > Dear Helpful PHP Users, > > After trying repeatedly to get apache 1.3.12 to parse PHP4 or PHP3 as actual > made and configured programs, I went back to just attempt to use rpms for > Apache and PHP on my RedHat 6.2 OS. I figured this would limit my chances of > screwing up the configuration. > > However, as I read the INSTALL.REDHAT file that comes with PHP 3.0.15, it > recommends that I need to make and compile the PHP rpm if I want to use > databases. > > What's more, currently Apache is still not parsing my PHP files anyway, so > database or not, I still need to do something more. > > I followed the instructions in that file and installed the freestyle-devel > rpm that was missing, and I'm running RedHat 6.2, so the problems that came > with 6.1 shouldn't be an issue. > > My question -- must I compile a PHP3 rpm before it will work? I'm pretty > sure I have the Apache modules loaded and added correctly in the correct > httpd.conf file, so I think the fact that Apache is still not parsing PHP3 > to be a problem with php, not apache at this point. > > Additional problem -- paths to my apxs file. I asked the OS to locate 'apxs' > and it couldn't, and I tried to find it using the path given by the INSTALL > file that came with PHP, but it isn't there. Don't I need to find the > correct path to apxs in order to configure PHP? And what is apxs, anyway? > > I'm wanting to use PHP with MySQL, which I have not installed or made on the > laptop yet. I suppose I need to install it before I configure PHP for it, > right? And should I use a rpm of MySQL? > > I'm just trying to limit my chances of fucking things up right now. I've > gone through two re-installs of my OS and numerous makes and compiles and I > just want to take the simplest approach right now just to try and get it to > work. I've been trying to get apache to parse any version of PHP for what > seems like just too darn long -- I'm ready for it to work one of these days. > > Thanks for the help in advance, > Claire Morris > > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-install-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-install-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Cary Collett cary@ratatosk.org http://cary.ratatosk.org/ "To me boxing is like ballet, except that there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit eachother." -- Jack Handy