php installed but no sign of libphp4.so (apache needs it)

unholy · 01-16-2004, 12:41 AM

Im following a php4 tutorial. I have to set up my apache server so a file called
'libphp4.so' is registered in some config file (httpd.conf I think).

The problem is, I've installed php 4.3.3, and the file libphp4.so does not exist on my system.

I found a similar thread here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ght=libphp4.so

But using the ./configure --enable-so didnt make a difference.e

I have noticed that php looks in /usr/local/apache by default, and I have /usr/local/apache2. But when I use --with-apache=/usr/local/apache2, configure complains that it cant find httpd.h.

I found this in /usr/local/apache2/include. So I used that path for --with-apache, and it STILL says it cant find httpd.h.

So I omit the --with-apache, and it configures fine. I'm boggled completely. Its six a.m. now so I'm going to go to be (and probably dream about configuring apache and php).

Can anyone help? I think if I get to the stage where I have the .so file, I'll be ok (famous last words).

Thanks in advance,
unholy

coolamit78 · 01-16-2004, 08:33 AM

Did you install all the packages required by apache?

Try installing all packages one by one related to php...

for example

php-<version>

php-devel-<version>

The php-devel package may contain the library file that u want...so my advice would be to install all packages having php in their filename...

In case you still dont get the above file, download it from here:

http://www.megaloman.com/~hany/RPM/libphp4.so.html

Regards,

amit

unholy · 01-16-2004, 12:35 PM

Thanks amit,

I didnt install the devel packages for php (because the howto didint mention it). I'll give that a shot.

Cheers,

unholy

unholy · 01-18-2004, 07:04 AM

I cant find any devel packages, but I did install the rpm you pointed me to, and theres still no libphp4.so on my machine.

The nearest thing is libphp4.module.in.

nxny · 01-18-2004, 07:43 AM

If you have gcc and libs, get the latest source bundle from php.net . Configure it ( sample conf below ) Compile it. ( assuming you use Apache 2.0.* )

Code:

./configure                     \
--prefix=/usr                   \
--exec-prefix=/usr              \
--bindir=/usr/bin               \
--sbindir=/usr/sbin             \
--sysconfdir=/etc               \
--datadir=/usr/share            \
--includedir=/usr/include       \
--libdir=/usr/lib               \
--libexecdir=/usr/libexec       \
--localstatedir=/var            \
--sharedstatedir=/usr/com       \
--sysconfdir=/etc               \
--mandir=/usr/share/man         \
--infodir=/usr/share/info       \
--with-apxs2                    \
--enable-so                     \
--enable-discard-path           \
--enable-force-cgi-redirect     \
--with-config-file-path=/etc/   \
--enable-libgcc                 \
--with-zlib                     \
--with-bz2                      \
--with-dom=/usr/lib             \
--with-dom-xslt=/usr/lib        \
--with-dom-exslt=/usr/lib       \
--enable-ftp                    \
--with-mysql=/usr               \
--with-gettext=/usr             \
--enable-sysvsem                \
--enable-sysvshm                \
--enable-wddx                   \
--enable-share                  \
--enable-openssl                \
--enable-trans-sid

unholy · 01-18-2004, 10:50 AM

Thanks, I'm downloading 4.3.4 now (or should I be going for version 5?).

nxny · 01-18-2004, 05:15 PM

I would stick with 4.3.4 unless there's something to die for on 5 .