RE: [cobalt-users] php4 how to install it.

["Andrew Smith" <asmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Soler,

> -----Original Message-----
> I would like to know if it's possible to upgrade a raq2 with php4
> extension,
> and how i can do it... because i need to implement the php4 in my
> webserver,
> it's a raq2 and other server is a raq3 i tried to find some information
> throught the knowledgebase but it seems there's no info about php4 ...
> can someone help me out ?
> thx be4 hand,
> Oriol Soler
> Tech. Dept. Conecta-t.com (SPAiN)

I've had no problems compiling php4 on a raq3.  RPM's are always out of date
and never a good idea since there are so many options when compiling php.
Download the src from www.php.net unpack it and there are instructions
inside for compiling, but in essence

[root@lightspeed /tmp]# tar -xzvf php-4.0.1pl2.tar.gz
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# cd php-4.0.1pl2
[root@lightspeed /php-4.0.1pl2]#
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc/php
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# make
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# make install
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# mkdir /etc/php
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# cp php.ini-optimized /etc/php/php.ini
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
    If you not familiar with vi pres "i" to get into insert mode
    Edit the LoadModule line to be
    LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.so
    exit vim by pressing "Esc" then typeing ":wq"
    rather than teach you how to edit in vi, if you make a mistake press
"Esc" then type ":q!" to quit without saving and start again.
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# vim /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf
    find the directory index line and add index.php to the end
    then find the AddType directives and add some like so:
      AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
      AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
    save and quit vim
[root@lightspeed /tmp]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

Then you can set about editing your php.ini to your liking.  There are also
lots of things you can compile into php but this should get you going.  If
you have any problems let me know.

Andrew