php 4.3.4 installation problems on RH 9

ashay

Well I wanna upgrade my php from 4.2.2 (which comes with RH 9) to 4.3.4, but wanna use the same httpd server that comes with RH9 (i.e its start script lies in /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd).

Since RH up2date has 4.2.2 as the latest RPM for download (i think they suck in this) . ..... I downloaded the source from php.net and tried to install it.

What I did---
1. Uninstalled previous php (4.2.2) using RedCarpet.
2. then compiled php with following option
./configure --with-mysql
then did make (stopped apache)
and then make Install. (started apache)

After that I added the line
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file.

But now when i run <?php phpinfo(); ?>
the browser gives me an option to download the file.

What do u think I am doing wrong?

Please help me

ashay

Moonglobe

the simplest thing would be to find your apxs file (wherever your apache bindir is) and point PHP to it at configure-time:

./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=${apachedir}/bin/apxs

just change with-apxs to with-apxs2 if you're using apache 2.x.x

hth
moon

ashay

What would be the apache bin directory if Im using httpd straight shipped with red hat 9...
i just know that httpd.conf is in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and to start i have to run
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start | stop |restart

ashay

Moonglobe

take a look at the /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd script. it'll point to an 'apachectl' script, probably in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin (not familiar with RH here...). then look at that and find where it calls the httpd binary. it should show you what dir it's in. the apxs binary will be in the same dir i think.....

or you could just try --with-apxs... it'll look for it and maybe find it. probably the easier way.