According to our resident PHP dude, PHP 4.0.6 should be treated with much caution. In particular, the session management doesn't work - objects evaporate from the session for no aparent reason.
So be careful with it. You may want to use 4.0.5 as it does work, even if it's a little quirky. John P Foster http://www.golden-orb.com Stan Brown wrote: > On Sun Nov 25 14:11:55 2001 Antti Tolamo wrote... > > > >Stan Brown wrote: > > > >> I'm having a bit of a problem geting php4 to work on my stable + Progeny + > >> 2.4 kernel machine. > >> > >> I have apache installed and woorking from a .deb package. I downloaded and > >> compiled php 4.0.6, and all went well. I uncometed thet AddType lines in > >> the default /etc/apache/httpd.conf file, and I copied php-ini.dist to > >> /usr/local/lib/php.ini (is this correct for Debian?) I did not edit this > >> file (should I have?). I stoped and restarted apache. > >> > >> I had already created a directory for webvcr, which in theroy should have > >> working .php files. However when I point my browser to the .php file, it > >> just offers to downladit. > >> > >> What am I doing wrong? > > > > > >Sounds like Apache doesn't recognize PHP at all. > > > >Either it is defined inccorrectly in apache conf files > >, you don't have PHP installed or Apache doesn't > >recognize it for some other reasons. > > > >I had similar problem, but it was corrected by > >adding right php definions to files httpd.conf. > >and mime.type. I'm not sure what apache > >you're using, but in stable apache packages those > >files are created and used. However, far as I know they're > >only used in Debian. > > > >Since PHP was installed as a module to apache, I also checked at > >httpd.con was the PHP4 enabled after installation from Debian package. > >It wasn't and I uncommented the module > >in there. > > > > My present thought is that I have not compiled php4 coreclty. It appears > that I may have needed to secify i path to something called "apxs". Problem > is I don't seem to have any such thing on my system. > > Also, I have modifed httpd.conf, but not mime.types. What needs to go in > there for php4? > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > - > (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
