steps for upgrading PHP on unix

[gumbico]

Hi all, I've got a plan in mind but wanted to get it double checked. I have a box with Apache 1.3.27 that was configured as so:

SSL_BASE="/usr/opt/ssl" \
./configure \
"--with-layout=Apache" \
"--enable-module=rewrite" \
"--enable-module=log_agent" \
"--enable-module=log_referer" \
"--enable-module=ssl" \
"--prefix=/usr/local/apache/build" \
"--activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a" \
"--activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a" \

The current version of PHP is 4.2.3 and was configured:

'./configure' \
'--enable-cli' \
'--prefix=/usr/opt/apache/build' \
'--with-gd=/usr/opt/apache/build' \
'--with-ldap=/usr/opt/apache/build' \
'--with-mysql=/usr/opt/apache/build' \
'--with-apache=/usr/opt/apache/apache_1.3.27' \
'--with-png-dir=/usr/opt/apache/build' \
'--with-zlib=/usr' \
"$@"

I need to upgrade to PHP 4.3.10. I've already downloaded the src and configured it the exact same way. I've also already ran 'make' and 'make install'.

Now I'm fuzzy as to my next steps. Do I?:

• stop current apache
• configure apache again the same way as above
• run make
• restart apache

or can I simply run 'configure' and 'make' and then do an 'apachectl restart'? I'm just having a hard time finding upgrade steps for static PHP installs.

Thanks for ANY input! 😃

[tsinka]

Hi,

which OS do you have ?

I think the upgrade process is a little bit more complex.

Read this manual page. It contains a brief description of how to do it. I guess in this case you also need to recompile the static mod_ssl and mod_perl. But if you use the exact same mod_perl/apache/mod_ssl versions then compiling stuff including the last apache compilation step and then just copying the new httpd binary to the apache installation directory should be sufficient.

EDIT: If the OS supports compiling those modules as shared modules, then think about recompiling and reinstalling the whole stuff as shared modules. That would make future upgrades a lot easier.

Thomas

[gumbico]

thanks tsinka! the OS is Solaris 8. The previous admin that built this rickety setup left over a year ago and I want to touch this thing as little as possible in hopes of not breaking anything in the process.

I've got other web boxes here that I've installed and built using shared modules and it was a cinch upgrading those PHPs. I've just been holding off on this one. I had already looked over the online manual but all it covers is the installation, not upgrade.

I don't plan on changing anything other than the PHP version, mod_ssl and mod_perl won't be touched. So I should be all clear to just 'configure' apache the same way and just run 'make'? No need to do 'make install' correct? Then just copy over the new binary?

[tsinka]

What I can see from your first post mod_perl and mod_ssl have been compiled as static modules, too. Do you still have the build directories of the last build ? If yes then just compiling PHP and then recompiling apache might be sufficient. If no then you need to recompile mod_perl and mod_ssl, too.

Thomas

[gumbico]

Cool deal, that's what I was hoping for. Yes, the original build files for all the pieces are still on the system in the exact same spot.