Apache complains about php4

[Anon]

I configured my system with php-4.0.1pl2.
When I attempt to start apache I get
Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server: libmysqlclient.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I ran configure on php4 in the following manor:
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
--with-system-regex
--with-ftp
--with-gd
--with-zlib
--enable-track-vars

Then I configure apache_1.3.12 in the following manor:
./configure --prefix=/www
--activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a

I had previously php3.0.15 with apache_1.3.9 and this very same mysql_2.0.4.1 instalation Which worked.

Thanks in advance for any help

[Anon]

I am having the very same problem! Have you found a solution? If so please share.

Thanks

[Anon]

Ok I am stupid, I went through some of my notes an fould the solution to this problem: Your configuration of apache and php are correct. The php installation does not complete the final step and registor the shared library with the system, you have to do that manually:

Here is my setup:

Apache is installed in /home/www
MySQL is installed in /usr/local/mysql
the shared lib is in /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql

Add the path to the shared lib to /etc/ld.so.conf
and run /sbin/ldconfig

then start the apache server

This fixed my system, good luck!

[Anon]

Ahh but alas the plot to my grief thickens...
I started to rebuild from scratch putting the source
for apache in /build/apache-1.3.12 and the source
for php in /build/php4

I start with apache-1.3.12 using the following command:

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd \
--datadir=/home/httpd \
--logfiledir=/var/log/httpd \
--enable-module=most \
--enable-shared=max \
--disable-rule=WANTHSREGEX
then I run
make
So far so good

Then I build php4.0.1pl2 or php4.0.0.as follows :
./configure --with-apache=/build/apache1.3.12 \

--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd \
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
--with-system-regex \
--with-ftp \
--with-gd \
--with-zlib \
--enable-track-vars
So far every thing looks ok
make
make install
still no complaints.

However when I go back to apache
cd /build/apache1.3.12
./configure --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a
no complaints...Yet!
make

well I guess you could say it complains eventually I get the following:

gcc -DLINUX=2 -I/build/php-4.0.0 -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0
-DUSE_EX
PAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED ../apaci -o rotatelogs -L../os/unix -L../ap rotatelogs.o -lap -los
-rdynamic -Lmodules/php4 -L../modules/php4 -L../../modules/php4 -lmodphp4 -lgdbm -lpam -ldl -lz -lgd -lre
solv -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lnsl -lresolv -lm -lcrypt
gcc -c -I../os/unix -I../include -DLINUX=2 -I/build/php-4.0.0 -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0/Z
end -I/build/php-4.0.0 -DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED ../apaci logresolve.c
gcc -DLINUX=2 -I/build/php-4.0.0 -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0
-DUSE_EX
PAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED ../apaci -o logresolve -L../os/unix -L../ap logresolve.o -lap -los
-rdynamic -Lmodules/php4 -L../modules/php4 -L../../modules/php4 -lmodphp4 -lgdbm -lpam -ldl -lz -lgd -lre
solv -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lnsl -lresolv -lm -lcrypt
gcc -c -I../os/unix -I../include -DLINUX=2 -I/build/php-4.0.0 -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0/Z
end -I/build/php-4.0.0 -DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED ../apaci ab.c
gcc -DLINUX=2 -I/build/php-4.0.0 -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0/Zend -I/build/php-4.0.0
-DUSE_EX
PAT -I../lib/expat-lite -DNO_DL_NEEDED ../apaci -o ab -L../os/unix -L../ap ab.o -lap -los -rdynamic -Lmo
dules/php4 -L../modules/php4 -L../../modules/php4 -lmodphp4 -lgdbm -lpam -ldl -lz -lgd -lresolv -lm -ldl -l
crypt -lnsl -lresolv -lm -lcrypt
make[2]: Leaving directory /build/apache_1.3.12/src/support'
<=== src/support
make[1]: Leaving directory/build/apache_1.3.12'
<=== src

At the risk of being redundant I would like to point out that I get the same error with php4.0.0 and
php4.0.1pI2

I went back to php3.x.x 🙂 but I would like to progress to php4.x.x 😉
Any help is greatly appreciated!!