Apache Module vs. APXS

Anon

Hi,

I have a web server with Apache running PHP 3.0.12. It was originally compiled as an apache module (--with-apache). Now I want to upgrade PHP 3.0.12 to PHP 3.0.15 or PHP 4 or whatever. Based on what I have read about --with-apache, it is basically compiled into Apache. Does this mean that I will have to recompile Apache when I upgrade PHP? I would like to avoid this since the Apache server has JServ, Frontpage extensions, etc. and it would be a real &%&^ to have to recompile all the packages all over again.

Is there some way to have Apache ignore the precompile PHP module and use a dynamically loaded version instead? Anybody got any ideas? it would be a relief it there was a simple solution.

Thanks, thanks, thanks

Anon

What you want is the DSO install method, and for that, you'll use "--with-apxs" instead of "--with-apache". It's described in the PHP manual.

Anon

That's exactly it. I know that I need to use APXS.

It's just that the current one was built with "--with-apache". I am trying to figure out how to upgrade PHP without having to rebuild Apache. Any ideas?

Anon

I recommend that you do re-compile Apache. You'll probably have to do it anyways at some time in the future, because your current setup is too in-flexible.

Anon

Yeah, I realize the recompiling would be a nice thing for the future. But right now I need to upgrade without recompiling. Is there any way to do this??

Anon

make sure you install the apache-devel-.rpm first though or the compile will fail --with-apxs if you're running rh

regards