Installing PHP and Informix and Apache

Build Apache with DSO (Dynamic Shared Objects) enabled:

./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/apache --enable-module=so

Build and install Apache - before even unpacking PHP from its gzipped tar file.

Build PHP using apxs from Apache (and Informix):

./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/php --with-informix --with-apxs=/where/you/want/apache/bin/apxs

You might decide you need to set --with-exec-bin=/where/you/want/php/bin and/or --with-config-file-path=/where/you/want/php/lib (you specify the directory that will contain php.ini).

Build and install PHP.

Manually copy php.ini-dist to /where/you/want/php/lib/php.ini and edit.

Reconfigure PHP to build a binary:

make clean
./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/php --with-informix --without-apache

Build and install that too.
Now you can configure Apache (edit /where/you/want/apache/conf/httpd.conf) and go for it. If your system won't support Apache DSO, do yourself a favour and upgrade to something that will!

-- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@informix.com)
Guardian of DBD::Informix 1.00.PC1 -- see http://www.cpan.org/
#include <disclaimer.h>

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# A Really Good PHP Installation
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#
# PHP installations don't have to be painful, you just need to know what
# some basic minimums are for most common installations.  You can always
# add more options on where things go, just add them to the final config.
# This is a great guide for the impatient and short attention span people.
#
# This instruction set combines FreeTDS, Apache2, OpenSSL and PHP.  Add
# your own stuff before step 5, which is the PHP build.  An explanation
# of PHP config commands are at the end of this doc.  You might want to
# include OpenLDAP but this is not covered here.
#
# Locations of source for this build:
#
# Apache2   http://www.apache.org
# OpenSSL   http://www.openssl.org
# FreeTDS   http://www.freetds.org
# unixODBC  http://www.unixodbc.org
# PHP   http://www.php.net
#
# Optional but not covered here:
#
# OpenLDAP  http://www.openldap.org
#
#
# 1. Create a directory called 'build'.  For example, /root/build
# This is where you will build everything.  When you are done you have a
# directory of components to build PHP and Apache
#
# 2. Download latest FreeTDS to /root/build
# cd /root/build
# ./configure
# make
# make install
#
# 3.    Download latest unixODBC to /root/build
#       cd /root/build
# tar zxvf unixODBC-2.2.8.tar.gz
#       ./configure
#       make
#       make install
#
# 4. Download latest Apache2 to /root/build
# cd /root/build
# tar zxvf httpd-2.0.48.tar.gz
# ./configure
# make
# make install
#
# 5. Download latest OpenSSL to /root/build
# cd /root/build
# tar zxvf openssl-0.9.6l.tar.gz
# ./configure
# make
# make install
#
# 6. Download latest PHP to /root/build
# cd /root/build
# tar zxvf php-4.3.4.tar.gz
# ./configure \
# --with-apache2=../httpd-2.0.48 \
# --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs \
# --with-module=so \
# --with-zlib \
# --with-mysql \
# --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl/ \
# --with-sybase=/usr/local \
# --with-bz2 \
# --with-flatfile \
# --with-zlib=/usr \
# --with-gd \
# --with-mcrypt \
# --with-informix
#
#  6b.  You may need to add an environment variable before using configure.
# For example, for SYBASE you might need to "export SYBASE=/usr/local" if you
# have problems with FreeTDS being compiled in.   For Informix you might need
# to "export INFORMIXDIR=/opt/informix" or where-ever Informix is located so
# that the configure and make steps will be able to find the appropriate
# libraries. Your mileage may vary and you might need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# as well for some platforms.  Do this on the command-line on your Linux box
# BEFORE running configure, only if you need to.  Use the "unset SYBASE" or
# "unset INFORMIXDIR" if this causes problems.  Re-run configure until you get
# it right.
# 
# 6c.  Make PHP.  This is done in two steps:
# make
# make install
#
# 7. Test PHP on the command-line
# php -v
# php -i
#
# 8. Edit Apache2 httpd.conf
# Add the following if it isn't there already and make sure to give
# your server a name.  Add these lines to their appropriate sections.
#
# LoadModule php4_module        modules/libphp4.so
# DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php
# AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
#
# 9. If you use MySQL and phpMyAdmin you might also want to add these
# lines.  Make sure to put the correct path to where phpMyAdmin is.
#
# Alias /phpMyAdmin  "/srv/www/phpMyAdmin/"
# Alias /phpMyAdmin/ "/srv/www/phpMyAdmin/"
#
# 
#  Options Indexes +Includes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI MultiViews
#  AllowOverride None
#  Order allow,deny
#  Allow from all
# 
#
# 10. If you want a cgi-bin to worki uncomment:
#
# AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
#
# 11. If you want Server-Side-Includes to work uncomment these lines:
#
# AddType text/html .shtml
# AddType text/html .html
# AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
# AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .html
# 
# 12. Edit a php.ini file.  Where does it go?  PHP assumes a
# /usr/local/lib/php.ini but you can change this.  Here you can
# change server-specific settings for your installation.  To get
# up and running quickly, copy a php.ini to /usr/local/lib and
# later you can change this location.  Any changes you make require
# stopping and restarting Apache.
# 
# 13. Start/Stop/Help Apache2
#
# /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start
# /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl stop
# /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl help
#
#
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#
# 14. Explanation of PHP configure
#
# ./configure \
# --with-apache2=../httpd-2.0.48   
# --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
# --with-module=so
#
# Assumes Apache2 build next to php build directory.  You need to have
# Apache compiled before you compile anything else.  It does not need to
# be running to build PHP with it. PHP "make install" will append to the
#  httpd.conf a Load directive.  The INSTALL guide from PHP will tell you
# what to add to httpd.conf to make PHP work.
#
# --with-mysql  
# PHP without MySQL, what are you nuts!
#
# --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl/
# OpenSSL Encryption based on default install.  This is practically
# required for your system, and a great way to get SSH installed along
# PHP.
#
# --with-sybase=/usr/local
# FreeTDS - connect to MS-SQL-Server or Sybase.  Why install it?
# It makes connecting to SQL-Server quick and painless, comes with
# tsql, and freebcp.  Is also essential for many ODBC drivers.
#
# --with-bz2
# bzip2 /bunzip2 support
# The highest compression utility available.  Optional and won't cause
# problems.
#
# --with-flatfile
# Flatfile support.
#
# --with-zlib=/usr
# Zlib compression, useful and may be needed for other PHP stuff, and
# won't cause problems.
#
# --with-gd
# GD Graphics Library support, essential for a lot of PHP tools.
#
# --with-mcrypt
# Encryption support essential for Md5 and a great way to encrypt
# data.  Make sure your system can compile with this, if not, remove
# from configure command.
#
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#
# 15. Informix support
#
# Add --with-informix to ./configure
#
# make
# make install
#
# Make changes to /usr/local/lib/php.ini for Informix
#
# Restart Apache
#
# Test Settings
#
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