This applies to unix/linux servers, not windows:
When you compile PHP you should have typed some line like:
./Configure --with-apache=... --other-options...
To use the "--enable-sockes" option, type it at the end of that line.
This isn't a very indepth reply, but maybe its something you can use to get started...
Tom Brown
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