I have a question about compiling php as a module for apache. I've been using the mod-php rpm which comes with RedHat 6.0 CD for some simple php programming. I am now in the process of trying to combine php and mysql to start creating some database driven web applications. However the mod-php rpm with Redhat does not have mysql support compiled in.
I downloaded the latest php src and compiled it (initially without mysql support just to test it). After a little bit of playing around to find the correct apache include directory to choose I got the modphp module to compile. It has a filename similar to modphp3.a. I copied this to etc/httpd/modules/ where the old modphp3.so module was. However there is now a problem when httpd (apache) starts up, it complains "can not link to shared library modphp3.a".
How do I overcome this problem? The above message tends to imply I need to make the module using a slightly different method, but I don't know which flags to set and the installation documentation does not cover this.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Ashley
Dr. Ashley T. Howes PhD Email: ashley_t_howes@dial.pipex.com Web: http://www.ydu09.dial.pipex.com
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