php5 libphp5.so error

blizunt7 · 08-08-2007, 10:43 PM

Hey all,
Trying to install php5 on Red Hat Enterprise 4.
Done the following

Code:

./configure
make
make install
cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini

Then in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
I added:

Code:

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

BUT../etc/httpd/modules contains libphp4.so NOT libphp5.so

WHen I try to do a restart of apache, I get the following error:

Code:

$apachectl graceful
apachectl: Configuration syntax error, will not run "graceful":
Syntax error on line 190 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Appretiate any help. Thanks so much!!!

blizunt7 · 08-09-2007, 12:15 AM

For some reason, now when i issue

Code:

php -v

I get Version 5.2.3, a start.

I've also edited /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf to reflect php5 and not php4.
But when I try to "apachectl graceful" I still get:

Code:

$apachectl graceful
apachectl: Configuration syntax error, will not run "graceful":
Syntax error on line 190 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

There is still no modules/libphp5.so

Anyone help please

blizunt7 · 08-09-2007, 12:55 AM

I keep seeing that i need to configure php with this option:

Code:

--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs

BUt I am on Red Hat Enterprise, and I dont have a /usr/local/apache2 directory.

apachectl is located /usr/sbin/apachectl

So im still lost.

bathory · 08-09-2007, 02:49 AM

You can copy manually the libphp5.so that is located under the subdirectory libs in hte directory you built php into the modules directory of apache and restart apache.
Or you can search your disk to find where it's installed and change LoadModule php5_module accordingly.

blizunt7 · 08-09-2007, 07:53 AM

I have tried to locate libphp5.so, and it is nowhere on my system. Not in the modules directory where i built php either.

bathory · 08-09-2007, 08:50 AM

Under the directory you extracted and compiled php there are 2 subdirs, one named libs and another one named .libs (it's hidden). If the module does not exist under libs, then it's under .libs

blizunt7 · 08-09-2007, 09:23 AM

Bathory,
Thanks for the reply. libs does exist but it is empty, and .libs does NOT exists. I have run a "locate libphp5.so" and its just no where to be found.

Was I missing an option at configuration time? I simply ran it "./configure".
But im confused with the apxs stuff, as I dont have any directories with that name.

Thanks

bathory · 08-10-2007, 01:59 AM

You absolutely need apxs in order to build php as an apache module. Use "locate" to find where apxs is installed and use that path in your ./configure script. If apxs doesn't exist, then apache is compiled without DSO support.