libSWF and Apache probs w/php-4.0.4

[van__]

I'm having probs getting the swf functions to work with PHP4.0.4 on Cobalt Linux.

I have my libswf items in /usr/local/swflib/
and added that path in ld.so.conf and updated my Linux library listings.

I ran ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-exec-dir=/usr/bin --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-gd --with-gettext --enable-safe-mode --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd --enable-magic-quotes --with-regex=system --with-pgsql=shared --with-ldap --with-imap --enable-filepro --enable-wddx --enable-calendar --enable-track-vars --enable-debug --with-interbase=shared --enable-ftp --enable-trans-sid --with-curl=/usr/local/bin --enable-versioning --with-zlib --enable-sockets --with-ttf=/usr/lib/libttf.so --enable-freetype-4bit-antialias-hack --with-swf=/usr/local/swflib --with-pdflib=/usr/lib/tcl8.0/pdflib --with-mcrypt=/usr/local/lib

And it built as a Dynamic Module.
I ran make, waited and then make install... no problem there.

Then, I check for:
LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.so
AddModule mod_php4.c
and
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
are correctly placed in my httpd.conf file and restart Apache.

I can get my script with phpinfo() to run fine and it reports that swf is enabled.
But, when I try to use any swf functions, I get a page not found error.

My thoughts are that something's happening between PHP and Apache here since PHP does not report a failure, Apache does however; by not recognizing the request.

Any suggestions/ideas?

[van__]

checked my apache error logs, and the page request with the swf functions generates a nasty error in Apache --

[Mon Jan 22 19:27:25 2001] [notice] child pid 9007 exit signal Segmentation faul
t (11)

I'm assuming the child is the PHP module instance running as a child process to Apache. Is there some trick to get PHP to use the swf lib w/o dying?

[Anon]

PHP's SWF-extension is rather brain damaged (probably libswf's fault): It will crash on the slightest error instead of giving an error message.

Try giving an example of what you are doing (code example).

By the way:
You may find inspiration in the instructions at http://rpms.arvin.dk/php/install-ready/i686/?describe=php-swf#descs

[van__]

Fixed the problem, turns out the /swf/fonts DIR needs to be located in the working DIR for the script (whish someone had put that in some doc somewhere). Moved it on over, chgrp'd it and all's well.

[Anon]

I have a script (/home/joe/public_html/swf.php) and I copied the fonts to /home/joe/swf/fonts/ and again tried my script (which up to now was segmentation faults rather than swf files 😉 ) and I still get the same error. I did chown it to nobody ... ideas?

Thanks,
Joe