Apache & PHP4 compile problems

ExhibitionIT

Hi there,

I'm trying to get Apache and PHP4 to work together under Redhat 7.1 (updated to the latest packages). Currently I am trying Apache 1.3.27 and PHP 4.1.2 and 4.3.2.

I've been following the guide at http://www.ozetechnology.com/howtos/apache.shtml on how to get Apache compiled with PHP support, but I get to the step where I have to add in the PHP module by running:

cd ../apache_1.3.27
./configure --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a
make

etc etc... but there is no libphp4.a file in that directory. There is libmodphp4.a, or libphp4.module, but no libphp4.a.

If I use either of these files instead, the compile of apache spews out heaps of errors when it gets to compiling in php. Am I doing something wrong? Is there an easier way to get just plain Apache with PHP support (which in turn has MySQL support)?

Cheers.

tsinka

Hi,

this is correct, the libphp4.a is generated when you run make (after executing configure), not when you execute configure. It should work fine. Did you get any errors when you did it like mentioned in the tutorial (with --activate-module=..../libphp4.a) ?

ExhibitionIT

Ah... so when I run the apache configure command to add the php module, the file libphp4.a doesn't exist yet?

I'll try it again right now...

ExhibitionIT

That fixed the compiling issue, but now PHP pages just appear as the code themselves.

I have added in the AddType application/x-httpd-php .php line into the httpd.conf, and restarted Apache but it doesn't seem to be recognising the php code as something it can handle.

httpd -l output shows mod_php4.c so it looks like it is compiled in properly. Any suggestions?

ExhibitionIT

Found the problem - some older version of Apache that I had unsuccessfully compiled was still in memory, despite me wiping ALL of its files.

So any pages that were brought up were generated by the old version of Apache, not the new good one that worked.

Cheers for all the help.