PHP and MHash

berger

I have been asked to update the ecommerce portion of our web site at work. The new ecommerce web pages will use Mhash as a checksum for protection. The problem is that the PHP script server on our local Linux computer does not recognize the Mhash function.

I am a complete and utter ignorant ignoramus when it comes to configuring Linux and/or PHP. My understanding of Linux is limited to the commands cd, ls, rm, and possibly make. I do not know how to install software, get or set environment variables, or know how to configure a piece of software to make it work. I am ashamed to say that I am a Windows User. However, the task has fallen onto me to make this work.

What I need is step-by-step directions on how to install any needed software, change any necessary environment variables, and change any existing software's configuration. Please be as explicit as possible. Treat me like you were talking to someone who doesn't know the difference between the left and right mouse buttons. If you need to know a piece of information in order to be able to answer my question, then you will have to tell me how to get that information.

I hope that someone will take pity on me and will be able to help me.

kewlflguy

I'm assuming that you already have php installed.

First of all you have to download the source code from here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4286

Then you have to use either FTP or SSH client to upload it to your linux server.
Once the tar.gz file is on the server you have to navigate into that directory.(whereever you stored it, (i.e /usr/local)

Then issue the following command:

tar -xzvf mhash-0.9.1.tar.gz (this command will extract mhash into it's own directory) if you ran this command from /usr/local, there will be a newly created folder called mhash-0.9.1

Go into that directory and type the following commands (one at a time):

./configure (Press enter and wait till it's done)
make (Press enter and wait till it's done)
make install (Press enter and wait till it's done)

Once this is done then you must compile PHP with it.
Find your main php directory and go to it using the (cd /phpdirectory)command.

Once you find it then run the following command from inside this directory:
./configure --with-mhash=(put here the directory where mhash was installed to)

If you follow these steps, this should solve your problem..