Re: [PHP4BETA] Install PHP4 without remaking Apache?

Derek Sivers wrote: > > > Sorry I hate asking "install" questions to this list, but... > > I've installed PHP3/4 many times but always followed the "README" to > rebuild Apache at the same time. > > But... > > Can I install PHP4b3 on a Linux server without re-making Apache? > (It's a custom Apache that I didn't build. I shouldn't touch it.) > > THANKS! Yap, 1. build Apache as usually, but don't forget to add --enable-module=so --enable-shared=max which is what you need for the magic to work (mod_so is the module who handles the loading of other shared modules, php can be one of them) 2. Install Apache; from now on you won't have to touch it's binaries. 3. Build PHP as a dinamic module, namely using Apache's apxs mechanism. something like: ./configure --with-apxs=/apache_install_dir/path_to_apxs \ --with-whatever \ --disable-debug so on... make && make install 4. Make sure `install' modified httpd.conf right, and also check you have the AddType and the rest. From now on, everytime you want to install a new version of PHP you start only from step 3. Also, if you want to have both PHP3 and PHP4 you need to use --enable-versioning when configuring and you'll have them both into your Apache. Least Sascha Schumann wrote a lot about this on the list, so you'll find lots of information on a search. good luck. -- CIMPOESU Teodor, Web Programmer @ DIGICOM S.A. Bucharest, Romania @ Internet, site development @ teo@digiro.net , +(401)-330.47.28 official home page ~ http://www.digiro.net/ Internet web page ~ http://internet.digiro.net/