Problems installing php4

[Anon]

hello, I am trying to install php on apache1.3.14 on redhat 6.1 and i keep on getting this error when i try to configure the php

checking lex output file root... ./configure: lex: command not found
configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up

I uncommented the addhandler for php in the conf file and i use the command
./configure --with-mysql=path --with-apache=path --enable-track-vars
and i the the above error, i dont know why this is, if someone can help me out i would appreciate it.

thanks

[Anon]

You need to have the "flex" package installed.

Consider installing a pre-built version of PHP:
http://rpms.arvin.dk/php/