Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:33:20 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Bob Kukla <rfkukla@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorry--I'm Newbie - Best way to add php4 Message-ID: <410C80A0.6020805@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <001201c47785$bc07ccc0$6701a8c0@bob> References: <001201c47785$bc07ccc0$6701a8c0@bob>
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Bob Kukla wrote: >Previous message had no subject,,, sorry for that > > > We are all newbies ... some are older newbies ... Even the "oldies" know that they're just "newbies with experience" ... ;-) >Hi, > >I am very new to BSD and web servers and have just recently installed the latest 5.2 version. I have installed Apache 1.3 from the FreeBSD ftp site and have added mod_dav successfully. The web server and webDAV are working fine. I now want to add php4 and mySQL capabilities. I have read some of the latest mail and am confused as to how to best go about it. I have never used php or mySQL before nor have I had it installed on a web server. What packages and in what sequence , if any, should I install ? Also, what does the number 20020429 at the end (/usr/local/lib/php/20020429 ) signify? Thanks in advance for your help! > >Bob Kukla > > I've no experience with mod_dav (in fact I just got done looking it up at google), so I can't say whether it will be affected, or not (I would suspect not, I tend to be an optimist....) but: [Read the lower section about MySQL before you do any installation ...] I generally just go to /usr/ports/lang/php4 and type "make install clean" as root. This gets me mod_php4, the PHP CLI, it even builds a CGI you can move to your cgi dir if you desire/need to. If it's your first time, then expect to go through a ncurses-based dialog (remember sysinstall?) where you will choose PHP extensions to be built. After that, it's a matter of the appropriate modifications to httpd.conf. I'd sure recommend that you cruise over to www.php.net and check out their documentation: it's well done, and they've some install "cheat sheets" for almost every variety of OS/webserver on the planet (well, many of them, like I said, I'm optimistic...) MySQL is similar. IIRC, it may be best to get MySQL going first. Like I said, the docs at php.net are good. I also like the boards at www.phpbuilder.com for PHP help and community.... HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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