Thanks to all the good folks that answered my questions about PHP.
Im sure with this info, we will succeed in our installation
attempts.
My querry was:
Has anyone installed PHP? Is it a nightmare to install? Do you have
to also install gnu's bison and flex? Do you have to rebuild Netscape
enterprise server with php modules???
Any cookbook on this would be appreciated.
Responses follow:
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From: Jeff Berliner <jeff_at_endeavor.med.nyu.edu>
I've built php3.0 on 4.0F. it was fairly straightforward. I
did need to install bison and flex, but those were both basically
"configure;make;make install" jobs. I used Apache, and did recompile
with PHP support, so I have no idea about Netscape.
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From: Gustavo Cruz Parra <gcruz_at_latino.net.co>
Yes...
I have php installled after many many nights of installation :P
I have installed IMP.. (a aplication for web mail)...
But i dont have netscape server ... i have apache 1.3.9
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From: Simon Greaves <Simon.Greaves_at_usp.ac.fj>
I use php3 a lot under DU and Linux as an apache module. The build is
pretty straightforward, though a couple of points:
1) There are problems with the HSREGEX library. This has been recently
updated (ie fixed), and the new version is in the CVS code (available by
anon cvs), but may not be in the 'release' (not 3.0.12 anyway). You might
want to try building with '--enable-system-regex' or whatever the flag is.
2) We use C2, at some point in the build (don't remember if it's php or
apache) a link fails because it can't resolve 'setluid'. If this happens,
just add '-lsecurity' to the link libraries.
3) I use OpenLDAP libraries for LDAP support and have updated BIND from
source. Linking php against 'libresolv.a' results in the DNS resolution
of LDAP server hostnames failing. Doesn't seem to affect any other name
lookups though (!). Removing 'libresolv.a' from the link libraries (hence
using the resolv stuff in the C lib presumably) fixes the problem.
4) There were some minor issues with pdflib v2.0.1 - again resolved by
using cvs code.
I don't think you need bison or flex to build it from a 'release' tarball,
but you probably will to build from cvs sources, as well as automake (at
least), though these packages are trivial to build. I compile with gcc,
though I think I have built it with DEC cc too.
Generally then, not to big a problem, and well worth the effort. I can't
comment on using it with Netscape servers, but it works well with
apache. There's a couple of fairly busy mailing lists that are generally
very responsive to problems.
Good luck,
Simon
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From: Tim Hespe <t.hespe_at_unsw.edu.au>
Hi,
I have only used PHP with Apache (on Linux). This is from the PHP FAQ
at www.php.net.
If you are trying to install PHP for use with Netscape's web server on Unix
see: http://www.webgenx.com/Kwazy/phpunix.html
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From: Gyula Szemenyei <szemgy_at_rkk.hu>
> Has anyone installed PHP? Is it a nightmare to install? Do you have
I think it's very easy to install PHP as standalone or apache module
(but you should better to follow stirctly installation instructions).
As I remember bison and flex are not neccessary.
> to also install gnu's bison and flex? Do you have to rebuild Netscape
> enterprise server with php modules???
Is it possible to install php as Netscape ES module? Can you tell me
more?
Thanks again to this great list!!!!
Bugs Brouillard Unix system administrator
Humboldt State Univ. 707-826-6123
Arcata, Calif.
email bb1_at_humboldt.edu
Received on Wed Dec 15 1999 - 17:29:37 NZDT