On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 03:29:18PM -0500, AJL wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 10:04:11PM -0500, AJL wrote: > > > > I ran into so many problems trying to set this up that I thought I'd > > post my notes to hopefully save others some trouble. > > > > I found most of the information I needed at: > > http://rayh.co.uk/archives/13_PHP5__PHP4_side_by_side.html > > but the link doesn't seem to be working anymore, so here are my notes. > > > > Versions: > > PHP4.x module (already compiled and installed, this was > > straightforward in docs at www.php.net) > > PHP5.0.0 cgi > > RedHat linux 6.x > > Apache 1.3.22 > > > > PHP5 configure command: > > ./configure \ > > --prefix=/usr/local/php/php5.0.0 \ > > --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/ \ > > --with-config-file=/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/php.ini \ > > --enable-force-cgi-redirect \ > > --disable-path-info-check \ > > --enable-safe-mode \ > > --disable-short-tags \ > > --with-regex=system \ > > --with-mysql \ > > --enable-debug \ > > --with-mcrypt \ > > --enable-versioning \ > > --disable-libxml > > > > NOTE: when I enabled '--enable-discard-path', pages would load blank. > > Don't use this unless you know what you are doing. I don't understand > > exactly what this does. > > > > NOTE: The options '--with-apxs' and '--with-apache' tell configure to > > build apache module and CLI. The absence of these tells it to build > > the CGI version. So DO NOT USE them if you want the CGI version. > > > > make > > make test > > make install > > > > > > Add the following to httpd.conf (must be in the generic server > > settings, NOT in a virtual host): > > ScriptAlias /cgi-php5/ "/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/bin/" > > <Directory "/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/bin/"> > > Options +ExecCGI > > Allow From All > > </Directory> > > > > > > Foreach virtual host you want to use php5 on: > > Create a directory named 'cgi-php5' one level above the document root. > > This will most likely be in the same directory that has the cgi-bin > > directory in it. > > > > > > Foreach directory that you want to us php5 for: > > Add the following to .htaccess file (or virtual host inside a > > Directory container): > > Action php5-script /cgi-php5/php > > AddHandler php5-script .php > > Options +ExecCGI > > > > This is an excellent solution because: > > - You only have to restart apache once. After that, you can add > > .htaccess files to enable php5 interpretation whereever you want. > > - You can upgrade/downgrade php5 without touching apache. > > - You don't have clunky file extensions like .php5 or anything else > > that will be difficult to change later on down the road. > > > > PROBLEMS: So far, I cannot figure out why $_POST is empty when an html > > form is sent with method=post. GET works fine. In all my searching, > > I think it has something to do with how apache is setup; not with how > > php is configured. I've tried the default php-dist ini file, I've tried > > many different variations of php configure commands. None of them do > > the trick. PHP bug list has some posts from people with the same problem > > and then they said they found a problem in apache setup that fixed it. > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > PROBLEM RESOLUTION: > I finally found the problem: It was the mod_bandwidth module in > Apache. I was tipped off to this from bug report: > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=16595 > I disabled the module (commented the LoadModule and AddModule lines in > httpd.conf) and $_POST is populated as expected now. > > The faq for mod_bandwidth at: > http://www.cohprog.com/v3/bandwidth/faq-en.html > indicates that if configured incorrectly, CGI may stop working. > > -- > Andy > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Yet another note: DO NOT include the configure directive '--disable-libxml' as the above example shows. This will cause the PEAR installation to fail. (Of course, if you don't want PEAR or xml support, feel free to leave it in. If you don't know if you need/want PEAR and xml, just go ahead and allow them to be included and remove '--disable-libxml' from the configure command.) -- Andy -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
