I am wanting to upgrade my current version of php to 4.2. Anyone have some suggestions on what would be the best way to do this?
Should I do from the source or can I use a rpm??
And do I need to recompile Apach and mysql after all this is done?

Any help would be great,
Thanks

how did you install it in the first place ?? From *.pkg, source or rpm ??

[QUOTE]Originally posted by djlightning
I am wanting to upgrade my current version of php to 4.2. Anyone have some suggestions on what would be the best way to do this?
Should I do from the source or can I use a rpm??
And do I need to recompile Apach and mysql after all this is done?

Any help would be great,
Thanks [/QUOTE
There's nothing to stop you from upgrading from source.
The steps are quite simple really.
1. Create a phpinfo page. At the top of the page you'll see the .configure command with all the various options. Save this page to your desktop.

2. SSH into your box. Create a temporary directory somewhere
Make a backup copy of your current php.ini
3. wget the latest sourcecode from php.net
su followed by root password
gunzip php***.tar.gz
tar -xvf *.tar
cd php*
./configure --with- (copy and paste the entire thing from your phpinfo page)
Go drink cup of coffee
Check output - you might need to add a couple of paths etc
make
make install
there are two versions of the php.ini available in your working directory. Choose the one you prefer and copy it to /etc/httpd/
Restart Apache /etc/rc./init.d/httpd restart
Check your new phpinfo page against your old one and make any necessary changes in the php.ini (dojn't forget to restart Apache)
NB: The latest versions of Php have register_globals turned off by default - you'll probably need to switch them on

To answer your other question - you don't need to do anything with Apache or MySQL

I copied everything off the info page and tried to configure but it tells me it can't find "gd" under the /usr directory, I've tried this about 4 differant ways also telling it the location of "gd" still comes up with more or less the same error :(

Originally posted by Sainthax
I copied everything off the info page and tried to configure but it tells me it can't find "gd" under the /usr directory, I've tried this about 4 differant ways also telling it the location of "gd" still comes up with more or less the same error :(
Are you sure that gd is in the /usr directory ? It might not be.

it's actualy under /usr/local but I tried pointing it there as well with no luck


> locate libgd
/usr/doc/python-docs-1.5.2/Doc/libgdbm.tex
/usr/lib/libgd.so
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.2
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/libgds.a
/usr/lib/libgds.so.0
/usr/lib/libgds.so
/usr/lib/libgds_pyxis.a
/usr/lib/libgdbm.a
/usr/lib/libgdbm.la
/usr/lib/libgdbm.so
/usr/lib/libgds.so.0.orig
/usr/lib/libgd.so.1.8
/usr/lib/libgd.so.1.8.4
/usr/lib/libgd.so.1

looks like /usr/lib from what you've posted

it's been a long day :(
I forgot how to write my name with a pen and paper earlier :rolleyes:

anyway I would assume that when I copied the info from my phpinfo page it would work out ok but no matter what I point gd to it says it can't find it

I had a similar problem with my own upgrade... you might want to have a look at:
http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/raqfaqshow.php?faq=43

I wouldn't follow it to the letter, as the configuration might not be exactly what you want, but it does include the links to a lot of the RPMs you might need.

I'm gonna stop before I break something I managed to get past my other problem and I end up with another error...oh well time to go home

gd.c: At top level:
gd.c:3402: parse error before `gdIOCtx'
gd.c: In function `_php_image_bw_convert':
gd.c:3407: `im_org' undeclared (first use in this function)
gd.c:3433: `threshold' undeclared (first use in this function)
gd.c:3443: `gdImageWBMPCtx' used prior to declaration
gd.c:3443: `out' undeclared (first use in this function)
make[3]: *** [gd.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/php-4.2.2/ext/gd'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/php-4.2.2/ext/gd'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/php-4.2.2/ext'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
[root php-4.2.2]#

Stupid question:
Do you really need GD support?

yeah, if I remember correctly Webalizer uses it

Originally posted by Sainthax
yeah, if I remember correctly Webalizer uses it
Webalizer may use the library, but it's written in C, so it doesn't seem to have any connection with PHP.

I just checked my own PHP config - no GD, but webalizer seems to be working fine.

[crosses fingers]I'm gonna try compiling without GD then[/crosses fingers]

Originally posted by Sainthax
[crosses fingers]I'm gonna try compiling without GD then[/crosses fingers]
If it doesn't work you can reinstall GD and recompile PHP ....
who knows???
Now if I could get Apache and Tomcat 4 to comunicate properly I'D BE HAPPY!

well its installed and running but I can't find this line :confused:
I don't wanna restart apache till I figure out where this line is or if it needs to be added

Find the following line in srm.conf
#AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
After it, add this line
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .phtml

couldn't find anything to do with that line, restarted apache and everything seems to be working ok

Thank you for you help blacknight :)

Originally posted by Sainthax
well its installed and running but I can't find this line :confused:
I don't wanna restart apache till I figure out where this line is or if it needs to be added

Find the following line in srm.conf
#AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
After it, add this line
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .phtml
I had a look in mine and it's not there either. You don't need it because it's already added for each virtual host in httpd.conf

Originally posted by Sainthax

Thank you for you help blacknight :)
Glad I could help you :)
I've got a lot of help from here over the past few months - it's a 2 way process

all good things must come at a price :(

/usr/local/bin/webalizer: error in loading shared libraries: libgd.so.1.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

oddly I don't remember deleting those libraries but now their gone

Command history
> locate libgd.so.1.8

Strange! I didn't have that problem.
Solution: reinstall the library - you shouldn' have to go near the PHP config ... or should u?

well the current GD version installed is now 2.0 but webalizer is looking for 1.8 so I doubt it's PHP related I'm gonna remove 2.0 and put 1.8 back in and see if that works out.

The 4.2.2 php instructions called for GD 2.0 but I didn't compile with GD so just switching back to 1.8 should fix this

I hope so!

gotta love RaQ's you fix one problem and create another one

running the make command on php 4.2.2 still has this error


make[3]: *** [gd.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/php-4.2.2/ext/gd'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/php-4.2.2/ext/gd'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/php-4.2.2/ext'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
[root php-4.2.2]#

whats wrong with this picture :confused:

http://download.ngdsinc.com/umm.jpg

Ouch!
I know the feeling