Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:36:22 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: K Anderson <freebsduser@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: php4 sessions not built by default? Message-ID: <5D2E1F24-97A6-4813-8E23-0CB6C99ECF3D@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <000a01c5c97e$0aa00a50$0c64a8c0@opteron> References: <80A9FCAE-B445-4E9D-B42F-7F5D5644B6C6@u.washington.edu> <000a01c5c97e$0aa00a50$0c64a8c0@opteron>
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On Oct 5, 2005, at 12:26 AM, K Anderson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Garrett Cooper" <youshi10@u.washington.edu> > To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:48 PM > Subject: php4 sessions not built by default? > > > >> Just trying to access some session variables via the PHP4 and >> for >> some odd reason it doesn't appear as if the function exists. Is >> this not >> built in PHP4 by default? And if so, how may I remedy the issue? >> Thanks, >> -Garrett >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Take a gander at http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php > > I found this... > Installation > Session support is enabled in PHP by default. If you would not like > to build > your PHP with session support, you should specify the --disable- > session > option to configure. To use shared memory allocation (mm) for session > storage configure PHP --with-mm[=DIR] . > > Might want to check out some of the examples on the php web site to > see if > they work. > > Also, I looked in /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions and saw it was a > meta-port > for ctype, mysql, overload, pcre, posix, session (ooooh!), > tokenizer, xml > and zlib (I wish the portmakers would put the old php installation > functionality back in place because, IMHO, it is a pain in the arse > to have > to go to each port separately and add it in as far as PHP is > concerned. I > liked the old functionality of php4 install when it asked what > modules were > to be included.) I know this is a smidge off topic but how in the > world do > you portupgrade a "meta-port"? > > > Hope that helps you. > > ~Mr. Anderson I finally found a webpage describing that *right* before you sent the message to me, compiled everything, but still session handling fails because it claims that the functions cannot be found. Any clues? I really do appreciate the help! -Garrett
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