php & ms access

[Anon]

Hi!

I run RH7.3/Apache 1.3.26/PHP4.2.2

I've tried just about everything I've found on the web to get my php scripts to communicate with an access db on a different server. The system dsn is setup correctly on the Windows server that holds the access db. I think my problem is in compiling php with the correct support, because my php page generates an error in my browser that says that odbc functions are not defined.

I know I need an ODBC client on my linux box. Any recommendations? The manual says use U. of Michigan's or Netscape's (now SunOne). I tried UofM's. It seemed to install OK. I didn't even mess with SunOne's stuff...if it's too hard to find what I'm supposed to download now that everything's renamed, then I'm giving up on it!

So, I think I have the ODBC client installed correctly. Now, how do I tell PHP at compile time to use this client (--with-??????=?????). If I can get past this point, then I'll be okay I think.

Sorry so long. Any help would be great!!

Thanks!
mack

[Anon]

Ooops! I merged two problems in that posting...SORRY. Leave out the stuff about University of Michigan and Netscape/SunOne. That was for an ldap problem I had. But, I'm still confused as to which --with-??? I should use when compiling php if I want to acces "MS Access" databases using ODBC. I noticed that there was an option called --with-custom-odbc. Wonder if this will work? I'm downloading MyODBC now...not sure if this is even the right thing to use...but we'll see what happens.

Again, any suggestions are very usefull.

Thanks!
mack