[TriLUG] PHP.... #@#@$!!

[Jason Tower]

i had a similar situation where i needed to compile a special option 
into PHP for a client's webserver.  the route i took was to grab the 
src rpm and modify the spec file with the appropriate build options, 
then rebuild it.  granted, this is all easier said than done, but the 
end result is a nice friendly rpm that doesn't break anything else.

jason

On Thursday 08 July 2004 16:12, Greg Brown wrote:
> Okay.  I'm getting somewhere with this PHP and barcode thing.  The
> PHP barcode thing needs GD.  No big deal.  After MUCH searching all
> over the Internet, reading this and that, it appears that PHP simply
> needs to be recompiled with --enable-gd (according to
> http://www.boutell.com/gd/phppatch.html).
>
> I've got zlib, gd, and gd-devel on here already, you'd think that
> would be enough.
>
> Anyway, I'm currently running PHP-4.3.2-11.ent from WBEL yum archive.
> I download PHP-4-3.7 untar it, cd into the directory and run:
>
> ./configure --with-mysql --enable-gd --with-zlib-dir=/usr/include
>
> It complies without error.
>
> next I run make
>
> It runs with no problems.
>
> Then I run su -c 'make install'
>
> That runs without error.  Now I do a 'service httpd restart' and do a
> quick phpinfo() and I get that I'm still running 4.3.2 (and gd still
> doesn't work too boot).
>
> Okay, so I'm missing something really, really basic.  But what?  I'm
> pouring over webpages and nothing is jumping out at me, though I have
> to admit at this point I'm quite frustrated and I'm going to walk
> away from the problem for a bit to see if the solution divines itself
> to me in some fashion.
>
> Or if you know.. I'd love to hear it.  For the record 'rpm -qa | grep
> php' still says I'm running php-4.3.2-11.ent.  Should I remove all
> old phps before installing a new one?  That step seems redundant, and
> the webpage didn't mention that I should do that.
>
> Frustrated.
>
> Ugh.
>
> Greg