Cann't load Libphp4.so

Anon

hi all,

dhirendra again

Friends i follow the steps of install file come with php-4.0.3pl1.All checking are ok.
I am using RedHat Linux-6.2 (Professional pack),apache rpm ,mysql rpm but want to configure php with tar file , i downloaded php-4.0.3pl1.tar.gz from php.net then untart the php tar file in /usr/local/src/ folder
follow the step of install file.
in configuration i used

#./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd --with-system-regex --enable-magic-quotes --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-ftp --enable-trans-sid --enable-calendar --enable-sockets --with-mysql=/usr

#make
#make install

in the above three i will not found any single error all things are ok

but when i try to start apache again an error will display

Starting http: Syntax error on line 872 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
cannot load /etc/httpd/lib/apache/libphp4.so into server:/etc/httpd/lib/apche/libphp4.so:cannot open shared object file:No such file or directory[failed]

then i go to line 872 and change the path of libphp4.so form lib/apache/libphp4.so to /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.so
and again try to restart the apache but apache not resposnd

then i remvoe whole things and try to configure again this thime i follow the same steps as descriobe earlier but this time i use
#./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd --enable-ftp --enable-trans-sid --enable-calendar --enable-sockets

#make
#make install

it was work fine

then i try to many things like
#./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd

#make
#make install

it was also work

i just confused what happend

Kindly help to overcome from this problem

And tell something about how i run perl script with mysql support.

Waiting for ur response

Regards
Dhirendra

Anon

Of all the things you tried, non included the apache server.

Go to the manual and read how to install PHP with apache.

Look for the --with-apache parameter.

about PERL and Mysql: look for the perl-DBI for mysql.

Anon

No, configuring with apxs is ok. I've noticed that that file is not always installed where you think it should be. find the file in the path you configured and make'd it in and copy it to the path that the httpd.conf says it should be.

Anon

I have the same problem.
./configure --with-sybase=/usr/local/freetds --with-xml --with-apxs

It`s works fine. But when I want to restart Apache I have the same problema.

could not find the libphp4.so in /lib/apache...

Can´t I restart the Apache?

I don´t understand...

Anon

I had similar problems a few months ago and finally was able to solve it. Very common problem apparently, the PHP developers should provide better installation instructions.

The symptom shows up in two ways. One is that you invoke "apachectl start" and get the httpd going, it doesn't complain, but it won't use PHP to process your .php files because it couldn't load the module. The other is that you invoke "apachectl configtest" and it claims it can't load libphp4.so no matter where you put it, specify the pathname, whatever.

The problem has something to do with the coupling between Apache and its shared modules. This is effected by the apxs utility, a Perl script which writes a bunch of code on the fly when you attempt to build PHP. The apxs utility is part of Apache, and apparently the version of apxs you use to build PHP has to match the version of Apache you want to couple up with on your server. The pathname of this special apxs should be given explicitly when you do the PHP build similar to this;
--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs

In my case I had to obtain the source for Apache and build it (and run it) on my machine in order to have the correct matching apxs. The error message about "can't load libphp4.so, no such file" is bogus, incidentally. What really happens is that it checks the module header and craps out if it doesn't like what it sees.