php4 install on 7.0 mandrake

[Anon]

My question is how do I compile php4 in linux and install the mod_php4 on madrake 7.0 I am totally new at this command line stuff. I tried installing a mod_php4.rpm package yet was not successfull. Please advise.

[yelvington]

You probably should upgrade to a more recent Mandrake distribution, but the basics are the basics.

1. Get and unpack the current PHP distribution (source code).

2. Change to the directory where you unpacked it and follow the instructions in INSTALL, specifically:

   ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs
   make
   make install

If you get an error message saying apxs is not found, you need to get the apache-devel RPM file for your version of Mandrake and install it.

After the install, you probably will need to edit your Web server's httpd.conf file, comment out any obsolete references to PHP3, and restart the server. As I recall, Mandrake 7 installed PHP3 and MySQL by default.