Having wasted three days trying to install/run php_mapscript starting with 5.2.1, still not working
Have you given a try to FWTools (Linux), HostGIS Linux, or MS4W (Windows)? Those can really take a lot of the pain out of getting started.
-- Gregor Mosheh / Greg Allensworth System Administrator, HostGIS cartographic development & hosting services http://www.HostGIS.com/ "Remember that no one cares if you can back up, only if you can restore." - AMANDA
