Installing PHP on FreeBSD

[Anon]

I was wondering how you go about doing this? The source seems to be for Linux.

[mlandin]

It is actually quite simpel... If you already have an Apache server running, (and it supports DSO) all you have to do is to go under mod_php4 in your ports collection and write:

make all install

or you can make use of the package system:

pkg_add -r mod_php4

(which will install the most recent version of mod_php4)

/mich

[Anon]

I ran the static install on FreeBSD with no problems. Here's how, straight from the INSTALL file from the php source:

QUICK INSTALL (Static)

$ gunzip -c apache_1.3.x.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ cd apache_1.3.x
$ ./configure
$ cd ..

$ gunzip -c php-4.0.x.tar.gz | tar xf -
$ cd php-4.0.x
$ ./configure --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.x --enable-track-vars
$ make
$ make install

$ cd ../apache_1.3.x
$ ./configure --prefix=/www --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a
(The above line is correct! Yes, we know libphp4.a does not exist at this
stage. It isn't supposed to. It will be created.)
$ make
(you should now have an httpd binary which you can copy to your Apache bin dir
if
is is your first install then you need to "make install" as well)
$ cd ../php-4.0.x
$ cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini
You can edit /usr/local/lib/php.ini file to set PHP options.
Edit your httpd.conf or srm.conf file and add:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

[Anon]

Thanks! I'll try it today at work!