Installing PHP5 on Red hat 9

[garethevans1986]

hey All

OK im new to linux and Red Hat 9.....could somebody guide me through the process of upgrading my PHP 4.2.2 to PHP 5.0.0 on Apache (well Im guessing its apache - "httpd" is the deamon)....with mySQL (Ive got mySQL installed already).

Thank You.

Choc

[markwolfe Veteran]

First, is there a specific reason you are using RedHat 9? It is a little od to use as a starting point, but if this is an established server, then it might make sense for you to keep it.

http://www.php.net/downloads.php has what you need, I think. It isn't in RPM form, so I think you will have to compile it for you system. If you have a package manager installed like yum or apt (apt4rpm), you may be able to use those to install PHP5 the easy way.

I also did a quick look in http://rpmfind.net to see what PHP they had offered in RPM format, but they only had versions 3 and 4 available.

[Tek]

If there's a way of installing Slackware packages on Redhat, these might be useful.

http://www.linuxpackages.net/download.php?id=3605 (For Apache 1.3)

http://www.linuxpackages.net/download.php?id=3903 (For Apache 2)

[garethevans1986]

markjensen: Red Hat 9 is the latest version of Linux Ive got Mandrake 9.1, thats the main reason Ive got Red hat....

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http://www.php.net/downloads.php has what you need, I think. It isn't in RPM form, so I think you will have to compile it for you system. If you have a package manager installed like yum or apt (apt4rpm), you may be able to use those to install PHP5 the easy way.

Thats what i need to do, compile it for my system, can anybody help me do this?

ChocIST

Edited August 8, 2004 by ChocIST

[markwolfe Veteran]

Do you have the compiler installed?

Do a gcc -v, and it should spit out some information, ending with the version number installed. If this isn't recognized, we will need to set up your PC for compiling programs, first. (they can be added from your CD, using "Add/Remove Packages" and selecting "Developmet Packages" or something like that)

Once you download, and un-tar your PHP5 package, there should be a README or something like that to tell you what to do. ;)

In short, you usually do a ./configure, then a make, then a make install to install a package manually. But, follow the directions in the readme, it should be plenty descriptive, and tell you what you need to do for this particular package. (Y)

[Tek]

If you download the source code ( http://au.php.net/distributions/php-5.0.0.tar.bz2 ) and extract it (tar jxvf php-5.0.0.tar.bz2), there are full installation instructions inside.

[garethevans1986]

Ive done a "./configure, then a make, then a make install " but PHP version hasent upgraded....yes I have the gcc thing installed..(version 3.2.2)

[Tek]

Read the instructions, it tells you how to edit your Apache configs to use the new PHP module.

[markwolfe Veteran]

  ChocIST said:

Ive done a "./configure, then a make, then a make install " but PHP version hasent upgraded....yes I have the gcc thing installed..(version 3.2.2)

Is this what the instructions told you to do?

Also, if something "doens't work", it is very important to let people know what was attempted, and the exact error(s) that were generated. (Y)

[garethevans1986]

I untarred it then, ran:

"

$ ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs

$ make

$ make install

"

like the INSTALL tells you too, I didnt get any errors but if you then type:

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

into a php file and ran that from http://localhost and it reads "PHP 4.2.2"....

ChocIST

[Tek]

Edit your Apache config file and look for the line that loads your old PHP module. It will look something like this:

LoadModule php4_module libexec/apache/libphp4.so

Change the 4s to 5s. Now that it's installed, you configure it the same way you would in Windows.

[markwolfe Veteran]

Well, the install probably went right.

Tek suggested reading the docs and find out how to get Apache to use PHP5 instead of PHP4.

[EDIT: Tek beat me to the post.]

[garethevans1986]

Tek: The php5 module doesnt appear to be in the module folder....

markjensen: might of done but why isnt PHP5 running on my system then!? lol

ChocIST

[Tek]

find / | grep libphp5.so

PHP 5 won't be running on your system until you tell Apache where it is. This is ALL explained in the installation manual.

[garethevans1986]

Search returns with 0 files found...

ChocIST

[Tek]

Are you using Apache 1.3 or Apache 2?

[garethevans1986]

2.0.40

[garethevans1986]

This might help:

checking whether to enable LIBXML support... yes

checking libxml2 install dir... no

configure: error: libxml2 version 2.5.10 or greater required.

[Tek]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php

[garethevans1986]

Never mind im going back to windows server...

Thanxs anyway Tek and markjensen....

maybe when I have some more patience and time to mess around with Red Hat 9 I will.

ChocIST

[Tek]

If you're gonna try Linux you might wanna try an up to date version.

[kjordan2001]

  ChocIST said:

This might help:

checking whether to enable LIBXML support... yes

checking libxml2 install dir... no

configure: error: libxml2 version 2.5.10 or greater required.

Looks like you needed libxml2. Although sounds like you gave up already.

[garethevans1986]

Yes I did kjordan2001, reformatted and reinstalled Server 2003 last night.....thanx anyway.

ChocIST