libphp4.so fails to be created

dneedles

Hello,
I found a helpful article on setting up Apache, PHP4, SSL, MySQL, on Solaris 2.8. However I ran into difficulties.

For one it appears the php code doesn't create libphp4.so even though chosing php4 options for apache point to this file.
There are no errors or warnings.
Can anyone shed light on this?

Specifically

Install Apache 1.3.28
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache

Install php-4.3.4
./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-xml --with-apache=../apache_1.3.28 --with-curl=/usr/local --enable-track-vars
make
make install

Install MOD_SSL
./configure --with-apache=../apache_1.3.28

Go back to Apache dir
SSL_BASE=../openssl-0.9.7c; export SSL_BASE
./configure --enable-module=ssl --activate-module=src/modules/phpo4/libphp4.a --enable-module=php4 --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-shared=ssl

In the Apache httpd.conf file there is a AddModule and LoadModule line for libphp4.so. Yet a find on the entire drive turns up nothing.

nightowl

seems like you are not compiling PHP as a so but as an apache module ... use --with-apxs instead

dneedles

Thanks! The shared verses static line was the missing piece. In the end the main problem is that Apache, Mysql, Php, SSL are all changing rapidly and a Solaris nuance of the group is not very common compared to the LAMP counterpart. What was posted was in error due to the timelag.

The troubled areas were: PHP and SSL

PHP was solved by building it last after SSL was put into play and adding the apx. (Unlike many examples on the web.) using in my case the options:
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \
--with-zlib=/usr/local \
--with-xml \
--with-curl=/usr/local \
--enable-track-vars
It appears this way most of the configuration for PHP in httpd.conf is also done. You still need to add recognition for the file type:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
But after that a simple
apachectl startssl
It worked like a charm.