| Step #1 Make a "temp install" directory. |
mkdir /root/php_install
Go into said directory
cd /root/php_install
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| Step #2 Download PHP 4.2.3 from www.php.net. |
| Step #3 Extract the files from the archive. |
tar xfvpz php-4.2.3.tar.gz
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| Step #4 Go into the PHP directory |
cd php-4.2.3
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| Step #4a This is where it get's tricky. In order to use some features, such
as "libpng & libjpeg", you need to make symbolic links. These two links should work for you. |
ln -s /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so
ln -s /usr/lib/libpng.so.3.1.2.1 /usr/lib/libpng.so
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| Step #5 This is where you need to pay attention. If it fails this part, do
NOT continue. I would recommend doing some research to why it had failed. |
./configure --disable-debug --enable-ftp --enable-magic-quotes --enable-mbstring --enable-safe-mode --enable-mm=shared --enable-track-vars --enable-xml --prefix=/usr --enable-wddx=shared --enable-sockets --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd/4.2.3/ --with-exec-dir=/usr/bin --with-gettext=/usr --with-imap --with-interbase=shared --with-iconv --with-ldap --with-mysql=shared --with-pgsql=shared --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-regex=system --with-zlib --with-libdir=/usr/lib --with-ttf --with-pdflib=shared
This is ONE LONG LINE!!! Make sure
you paste the entire line in!
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| Step #7 Now, the hard part. To compile your software. The following
command, and then hit enter. |
make
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| Step #8 By now, hopefully the system compiled properly. If not, once again,
it is time to do some serious research. The "make" should have create a bunch more files. Now it is time to
do the install (follow the commands, line by line. You should be fine!!) |
mkdir /usr/lib/apache/php/4.2.3
mkdir /etc/httpd/4.2.3
cd modules
cp * /usr/lib/apache/php/4.2.3
cd ../.libs/
cp libphp4.so /etc/httpd/modules/libphp4.2.3.so
cd ..
cp php.ini-dist /etc/httpd/4.2.3/php.ini
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| Step #9 Now you need to edit your httpd.conf file. For this, you will need
to edit 1 file, and make 1 change. Using your favorite editor: |
pico /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
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Search for the following line.
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
Comment out that line (in case you have problems with your new php)
#LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
Add a line underneath it that looks like this:
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.2.3.so
Save the file.
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| Step #10 Restart your apache server. Watch for any errors. If it doesn't
start, then your web server is done, all you need to do is comment out the new line, and uncomment out the old
line. See, that is why I made you do that. |
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
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