PHP5 does not support being built as a static module. There is really no reason to build it that way anymore. If you think you need it for performance reasons, just build a non-pic dso which gives you the exact same performance of the static module without the bother of having to recompile Apache.
-Rasmus Seth Russell wrote: > I am trying to install php5 as a static module in apache 1.3.33, but am > unsuccessful. I have followed the instructions on > http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php#install.unix.apache (I am > running Redhat Linux AS 3). > > I have noticed that the instructions are only for PHP4. I have tried to > change some things to be php5 specific, but still am not having success. > This is what I am trying (from the aforementioned php instructions): > > 1. gunzip -c apache_1.3.x.tar.gz | tar xf - > 2. cd apache_1.3.x > 3. ./configure > 4. cd .. > > 5. gunzip -c php-5.x.y.tar.gz | tar xf - > 6. cd php-5.x.y > 7. ./configure --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.x > > 8. make > 9. make install > > 10. cd ../apache_1.3.x > > 11. ./configure --prefix=/www > --activate-module=src/modules/php5/libmodphp5.a > (The above line is correct! Yes, we know libphp4.a does not exist at this > > stage. It isn't supposed to. It will be created.) > > 12. make > > > > After I run make, it goes fine until it gets to the php part. Here is > where it dies: > > gcc -c -I../../os/unix -I../../include -DLINUX=22 -DHAVE_SET_DUMPABLE > -I/usr/include/gdbm -DMOD_SSL=208122 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -fpic > -DSHARED_CORE `../../apaci` mod_php5.c > mod_php5.c:22:29: php_apache_http.h: No such file or directory > make[4]: *** [mod_php5.o] Error 1 > > > I tried copying the mentioned header file, but then it references tons > of other header files, so still dies. > > Looks like the documentation is wrong for PHP5 apache/static. > > Has anyone been able to get it to compile? > > thanks > > seth
