6. mod_php and its prerequisites6.1. What is mod_php | PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. In the beginning it was just a simple guestbook-processor, and it was growing and growing Since Version 3
it is really powerful Webdevelopment-language | | --www.php.net | |
Since Version 4 PHP capable and robust enough for enterprise
webapplications. It is powerful, supports almost all
important databases natively, and other through ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity).
It a few times faster than ASP on Windows Systems on
the same Hardware. There are other extensions available like APC (Alternative PHP Cache),
which speed up processing about 50-400%
(depends on the php-code you wrote) 6.2. PrerequisitesDepending on your needs there are some software to install first.
One already installed Software according this document is MySQL, because
its needed by mod_auth_mysql. 6.2.1. IMAP client6.2.1.1. What is IMAP clientIMAP means »Internet Mail Application Protocol« and is a
substitute for the POP (Post Office Protocol) protocol. It allows to keep all
Mails in different folders on the server, which (should)
be backed up - Never again lose important email, because your
local harddrive crashed 6.2.3. Building and installingcd /usr/local
tar -xvfz imap.tar.Z
cd imap
make slx SSLTYPE=nopwd |
- With the parameter SSLTYPE=unix you define if you need SSL support or not. Omitting means no
SSL support.
| Filename to download |
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| imap.tar.Z is usually a symlink to the latest release, today its linked to imap-2001a.tar.Z |
6.2.4. PostgreSQL6.2.4.1. What is PostgreSQLPostgreSQL is a very powerful and fast Database Like MySQL wonderful for Webapplications. From my Point of view, not as comfortable to handle as MySQL.
If your Webapplication performs mostly writes, or you need proofed transaction-capabilities, PostgreSQL is your friend 6.2.4.3. Building and installingcd /usr/local
tar -xvzf postgresql-7.3.2.tar.gz
cd postgresql-7.3.2
./configure \
--with-perl \
--enable-odbc \
--with-unixodbc \
--with-pam \
--with-openssl \
make
make install
echo /usr/local/pgsql/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf
ldconfig |
6.2.5. Sablotron6.2.5.1. What is Sablotron | Sablotron is a fast, compact and portable XML toolkit implementing XSLT 1.0,
DOM Level2 and XPath 1.0. Sablotron is an open project; other users and developers
are encouraged to use it or to help us testing or improving it. The goal of this
project is to create a lightweight, reliable and fast XML library processor
conforming to the W3C specification, which is available for public and can be
used as a base for multi-platform XML applications. | | --http://www.gingerall.com/charlie/ga/xml/p_sab.xml | |
6.2.5.3. Building and installingtar -xvzf Sablot-0.97.tar.gz
cd Sablot-0.97
./configure
make
make install
ldconfig |
6.2.6. pdflib6.2.6.1. What is pdflib | PDFlib: A library for generating PDF on the fly PDFlib is the premier software component if you want
to generate PDF on your server, convert text and graphics, or implement PDF output in your own products. | | --www.pdflib.com | |
From the authors point of view: | This is a commercial product |
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| PDFLIB is a commercial Product. Read the license carefully to see if you need a commercial license or not |
6.2.6.3. Building and installingcd /usr/local/
tar -xvzf pdflib-4.0.3.tar.gz
cd pdflib-4.0.3
./configure --enable-shared-pdflib --enable-cxx
make
make install
ldconfig |
6.2.7. gettext6.2.7.1. What is gettextgettext is a library for i18n (Internationalization, "I", 18 chars and "n") of software, and needed by php 6.2.7.3. Building and installingcd /usr/local
tar -xvzf gettext-0.11.2.tar.gz
cd gettext-0.11.2
./configure
make
make check
make install
ldconfig |
6.2.8. zlib6.2.8.1. What is zlibzlib is a lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer hardware and operating system 6.2.8.3. Building and installingcd /usr/local
tar -xvzf zlib-1.1.4.tar.gz
cd zlib-1.1.4/
./configure
make
make test
make install
ldconfig |
6.3. Building and installing PHP4cd /usr/local
tar -xvzf php-4.3.0.tar.gz
cd php-4.3.0
export LDFLAGS=-lstdc++
./configure \
--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
--with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql \
--enable-track-vars \
--with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl \
--with-imap=/usr/local/imap \
--with-gd --with-ldap \
--enable-ftp \
--enable-sysvsem \
--enable-sysvshm \
--enable-sockets \
--with-pdflib=/usr/local \
--with-gettext \
--with-mm=/usr/local/mm-1.1.3 \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib \
--with-zlib-dir=/usr/local \
--enable-wddx \
--with-mcrypt \
--with-mhash \
--with-mcal=/usr \
--enable-exif \
--enable-xslt \
--with-xslt-sablot=/usr/local \
--with-dom \
--with-dom-xslt \
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Edit the Makefile and add -lstdc++ to the variable EXTRA_LIBS. This is currently
only needed, when using Sablotron version 0.9.7 After installing your httpd.conf is modified by axps. It should now look as follows: <IfDefine SSL>
LoadModule ssl_module libexec/libssl.so
LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so
</IfDefine> |
If you compiled Apache with mod_ssl then the php-module will only be loaded when staring Apache with ssl (apachectl startssl). If you will start Apache without ssl support (but compiled like described in this document) you need to change this: <IfDefine SSL>
LoadModule ssl_module libexec/libssl.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so |
Copy the sample php.ini-dist to /usr/local/lib/php.ini cp /usr/local/php-4.3.0/php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini |
uncomment (remove the # at begin of line) the following lines in
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf Apache 1.3.27 default httpd.conf does lack of this entries. You have to add them instead of uncommenting AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3
# If you want to display PHP source
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps |
- This line is only needed if you like to display
sourcecodes in the browser. The fileextension of such files should be phps.
/para>
| register_globals |
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| Since PHP Version 4.2.1, »register_globals« are set OFF. This can bring you in problems running
PHP-Code not using the $HTTP_GET_VARS methods. To enable register_globals edit the following line in your
/usr/local/lib/php.ini: Please be sure, if you write new software, to use the new methods. Support of old methods will be dropped sooner or
later |
Restart Apache by issuing the following command: /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart |
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