I ran into so many problems trying to set this up that I thought I'd post my notes to hopefully save others some trouble.
I found most of the information I needed at: http://rayh.co.uk/archives/13_PHP5__PHP4_side_by_side.html but the link doesn't seem to be working anymore, so here are my notes. Versions: PHP4.x module (already compiled and installed, this was straightforward in docs at www.php.net) PHP5.0.0 cgi RedHat linux 6.x Apache 1.3.22 PHP5 configure command: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr/local/php/php5.0.0 \ --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/ \ --with-config-file=/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/php.ini \ --enable-force-cgi-redirect \ --disable-path-info-check \ --enable-safe-mode \ --disable-short-tags \ --with-regex=system \ --with-mysql \ --enable-debug \ --with-mcrypt \ --enable-versioning \ --disable-libxml NOTE: when I enabled '--enable-discard-path', pages would load blank. Don't use this unless you know what you are doing. I don't understand exactly what this does. NOTE: The options '--with-apxs' and '--with-apache' tell configure to build apache module and CLI. The absence of these tells it to build the CGI version. So DO NOT USE them if you want the CGI version. make make test make install Add the following to httpd.conf (must be in the generic server settings, NOT in a virtual host): ScriptAlias /cgi-php5/ "/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/bin/" <Directory "/usr/local/php/php5.0.0/bin/"> Options +ExecCGI Allow From All </Directory> Foreach virtual host you want to use php5 on: Create a directory named 'cgi-php5' one level above the document root. This will most likely be in the same directory that has the cgi-bin directory in it. Foreach directory that you want to us php5 for: Add the following to .htaccess file (or virtual host inside a Directory container): Action php5-script /cgi-php5/php AddHandler php5-script .php Options +ExecCGI This is an excellent solution because: - You only have to restart apache once. After that, you can add .htaccess files to enable php5 interpretation whereever you want. - You can upgrade/downgrade php5 without touching apache. - You don't have clunky file extensions like .php5 or anything else that will be difficult to change later on down the road. PROBLEMS: So far, I cannot figure out why $_POST is empty when an html form is sent with method=post. GET works fine. In all my searching, I think it has something to do with how apache is setup; not with how php is configured. I've tried the default php-dist ini file, I've tried many different variations of php configure commands. None of them do the trick. PHP bug list has some posts from people with the same problem and then they said they found a problem in apache setup that fixed it. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
