Re: [cobalt-users] PHP4!

["Steve Bassi" <steve@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add in case you have not :
cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini

Find the following line in srm.conf
#AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
After this line, add the line
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .phtml
This associates the .php file extension with PHP4

(If you want index.php to be served by default you need also to add this as
well in the section UserDir web of the same file)

# DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML
# directory index.  Separate multiple entries with spaces.

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml home.html home.htm index.php
index.php4 index.p$

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfredo" <alfredo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PHP4!


> >Sorry for not mentioning about the raq. it's a raq3, the problem is that
I
> >can make PHP4 work, but I cannot do anything with mysql. Since PHP4 is
> >coming with its built in mysql support I cannot configure or compile it
with
> >the original mysql on raq3.
>
> In other words, you already have MySql on the machine? And you're
> able to build databases and tables with it through direct line
> commands, via Telnet? In short, MySql itself is working, right? :-)
>
> First off, Omer, I'll repeat something oft said and frequently
> overlooked...just in case. (And I would guess a lot of us forget this
> step once in a while).
>
> After completing this installation you MUST stop and restart Apache.
> You can't just restart it; you have to stop Apache and THEN restart
> it.
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
>
> A great thing about stopping and restarting: if your important
> configurations are off, Apache won't restart and it will tell you
> where the problem is (what file and line) and you can Telnet in and
> fix it. Stopping and starting is a great diagnostic for problems with
> installations, in my experience.
>
> Again, that's "just in case" since you probably did that already.
>
> That said...
>
> Was your PHP installation procedure exactly like the one described in
> the link I gave you?
>
> I ask because the PHP4 installation's support for MySql shouldn't be
> a problem with an already installed version of MySql (if it's
> current, anyway). PHP and MySql do NOT have to be installed during
> the same installation procedure at all. You can install PHP4 over an
> already present MySql. But you need to use apxs AND do the specific
> configuration command
>
> --with-mysql
>
> Like this:
>
> -start the configuration of your php source
> $yourdirectory/php_xxx>./configure \
>                                          --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs \
>                                          --with-mysql \
>                                          --enable-track-vars
>
> And the precise configuration of these lines in httpd.conf is also
> critical (although this is probably okay if you can use PHP4):
>
> -open your httpd.conf with an editor, usually you can find it in
>   /etc/httpd/conf
>          $>vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
>   check whether these lines has been added to httpd.conf:
>
>   LoadModule php4_module        /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.so
>   AddModule mod_php4.c
>
> If those aren't there after the installation (or if they are
> incorrectly written), you need to add or change them appropriately.
>
> If you could let us know what the problem is (what error messages
> you're getting with PHP and MySql) then maybe we can track the
> problem down. I sure hope this helps.
>
> Alfredo
>
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