I'm using RH 7.3 and just installed PHP 4.1.2 via the rpms on the 7.3 distro cds. I've had apche (1.3.23) installed, also from the distro cds, and that has worked as a test bed server. Now, even with php installed, the two simple php files I've tried have displayed the source files.

It didn't work from the get-go so I started hacking at the httpd.conf. Essentially all I did was remove the ifdefined directives around the php lines. Here is what is in my httpd.conf file now:

<snip>
#<IfDefine HAVE_PHP4>
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

<snip>
#<IfDefine HAVE_PHP4>
AddModule mod_php4.c

<snip>
# These types cause httpd to let the PHP interpreter handle files with
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps


I've checked that libphp4.so exists though I do not know if it is getting loaded when apache restarts. Anyone have any ideas?

In the PHP manual it also has references for loading perl modules in the httpd snipets. I'm not sure if missing perl pieces could be causing the problems. Also in the PHP manual, it only covers building apache and php from scratch. I could do that, but I've found that rpms from the distro are usually a little more straight forward to get working. Do I need to compile both packages to get them to work?

Oh the test php page was just:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Thanks - oh I have seen some other questions touching on this, but the popular solutions seems to be reinstalling the o/s. That is not really an option for me.

This is why I roll my own - VERY hard to troubleshoot how the RPM-GOD decided to build things out.

You are positive that libphp4.so was built and exists? Are you pointed to the correct location of the php.ini file?

Redhat makes some interesting decisions about which compiler to ship and the like. Caused a bunch of headaches with MySQL.

I would personally recommend either using pre-built binaries or rolling your own - axps is your friend Personal preference.

I have to agree...rpms are ok to a point, but I find with apache/php and the like, that it is very wise to build from source if you want any sort of customization and configurability. Ive also found that Redhat in particular makes the installation of apache/php from rpms needlessly complex, as far as the .conf files are concerned.

There are a thousand good guides and tutorials for building these from source out there.

PS: anyone who tells you to reinstall Linux because of some apache troubles should be ignored forevermore...that's a windows solution.