Ive set apache once before this time i just cant see my error. Im installing apache after I reinstalled linux. Im no way an expert. Ive just got some time to learn php so Ive loaded Apache on home pc and it is running ok. Then i installed PHP for apache through urpmi. fine.

Then I

mv php.ini-recommended /etc/php.ini

no probs.

Next i go to /etc/httpd/ and there is modules@ which is a sybolic link to shared library /usr/li/apache the modules directory has mod_php5.so. Thats ok then.

Open httpd.conf in editor and add line Loadmodule php5_module modules/mod_php5.so
also add AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html


This is all fine I think. Save httpd.conf and go to command line to start apache and get the following error.

httpd: Syntax error on line 248 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_php5.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_php5.so: undefined symbol: ap_user_id


Line 248 is Loadmodule php5_module modules/mod_php5.so what have I done wrong.

Ive gone over and over this and im sure im missing something stupid....like I said Im not an expert.

it looks like you've got a version conflict somewhere. The module you're loading is trying to reference a symbol that apache doesn't have, so it croaks. Verify that you've got the right module for your version of apache and that there aren't any other modules you need to load first. I think that will help you fix your problem.

Thanks for the reply. I think you are right. Im much further up the road now with everything running, mysql,apache and php but in a tantrum I migrated to Kubuntu aswell.

looking back I now think I selected a php module that was only suitable for the latest apache prefork which i didnt have. something like that.

The next thing that I ran into was that the apache2 doesnt seem to run apachectl command. thats when i finally relised something was a miss.

In desperation I had another thread running in newbie forum. More detials of apache2ctl over there.

Thanks for the reply.