Jake McHenry wrote: > I don't want 2 instances of apache running, your over thinking this... I
whatever, I guess we have different opinions about trying to do things 'properly'. > only asked if I need to change only the prefix, or if there is anything > else, to get both php versions installed. so you have 2 versions of php installed. you can't run the apache module of both version simultaneously. so your going to shut down apache on a production box and then fiddle the config to run with the php5 module and bring it back up. then what? you hope that all your sites/code runs okay with php5? if it doesn't you can only fix it if you keep running with the broken sites on php5 otherwise you can only unfiddle the config and stick with php4. no? > Once I see my scripts are working > ok, or not, I'll be getting rid of php4. I'm not running a dev machine, this > is production, and the only one I have currently, you might consider that the machine whose screen your looking at whilst reading this is a perfectly good dev machine - you seem to on a windows PC, which of itself is not a problem in terms of setting up a dev environment that suitably mirrors the apache/php/DB configuration of your production server but you may have issues with 'your' php code itself depending the [OS] portability of the code. given that the server in question is a production server there is even more reason to not disrupt service whilst testing your code on php5 - which is exactly what a second [temporary, custom] install of apache would allow you to do. sure it's a bit more work but it's also more professional - it means you can update the 'real' apache to run php5 in the safe knowledge that it will *work* with only a few seconds of down time whilst you restart the webserver process. > my backup died last week > and I haven't gotten the parts for it yet. Is prefix the only option I need > to change? Or do I need to change these too? no just change prefix. (although I'm not 100% sure about localstatedir - I have never touched myself and I do run various machines that have php4 and php5 installed [compiled by hand as you are doing]) btw - installing a second apache is rather the same as installing a second copy of php in so far as you can also specify a custom prefix to have it install (and read it's config) from some other place - so as not to interfere with the production apache. > > --datadir=/usr/share \ > --includedir=/usr/include \ > --libdir=/usr/lib \ > --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \ > --localstatedir=/var \ > --mandir=/usr/share/man \ > --infodir=/usr/share/info \ > --with-exec-dir=/usr/bin \ > > > Thanks, > Jake > >> Jake McHenry wrote: >>> Sorry about the delivery and read requests.. I was tired >> and forgot to turn >>> them off for the list...... >>> >>>> alternatively you can search for 'Rasmus' and 'ProxyPass' >> in the list >>>> archive and use Rasmus' rather cool ProxyPass solution to >> running both >>>> php4 and php5 ... his explanation should give you enough info >>>> to set it up. >>>> >>> I don't need them running parallel, only both installed >> I think you missed the point. you would have 2 apaches >> running, that is correct >> but the trick is to set it up so that they use the same document roots >> for each site that you are trying to convert. >> >> the beauty of this is that you can literally run the same >> site in php5 and php4 >> simulaneously with urls something *like*: >> >> php4.mydevsite.com >> php5.mydevsite.com (ProxyPassed to 'inner' apache) >> >> >> were HOSTS file contains: >> >> 127.0.0.1 php4.mydevsite.com php5.mydevsite.com >> >> and both outer and inner apache's use the same docroot for >> the given site. >> >> obviously it's just one way of setting up a comfortable dev >> environment - as long >> as you have something that allows you to doo your tihng >> without to much pain then thats >> the main thing :-) >> >> >> >>>> Tijnema ! wrote: >>>>> On 3/22/07, Jake McHenry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> I just got done going through all my configure options for >>>> php5, and >>>>>> finally >>>>>> configure finished successfully... I didn't install it >> yet, have a >>>>>> question. >>>>>> Can I have both 4 and 5 installed temporarily until I'm >> sure all my >>>>>> scripts >>>>>> work ok? They should, I've been careful, but I want to be >>>> sure since >>>>>> this is >>>>>> the only server I currently have. I was going to install >> a virtual >>>>>> copy of >>>>>> fedora and do testing, but I don't have time, hopefully >> someone can >>>>>> answer. >>>>>> I think I just have to change the prefix to something other than >>>>>> default and >>>>>> load the new module in httpd. If I had more time I would >>>> do this the >>>>>> right >>>>>> way, but we all know how that goes... >>>>>> >>>>>> If this will work, I can then just uninstall 4.. Hopefully >>>> it won't break >>>>>> anything. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll post my configure options if anyone would like to >>>> double check.... >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Jake >>>>> If you use make install on the second one, it will add the libphp5 >>>>> library to your httpd.conf, and then you would have libphp4 and >>>>> libphp5 in your httpd.conf. That is guaranteed to give >>>> problems. So if >>>>> you comment out one of the 2, then it works fine. >>> >>> Yes, I just wanted to make sure I only needed to change the >> prefix to get >>> them both installed >>> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release >> Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM >> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
