This chapter will guide you through the configuration and installation of PHP3. Prerequisite knowledge and software:
Basic UNIX skills (being able to operate "make" and a C compiler)
An ANSI C compiler
A web server (obviously)
The source code for the latest version can be found at http://www.php.net.
1. gunzip apache_1.3.x.tar.gz
2. tar xvf apache_1.3.x.tar
3. gunzip php-3.0.x.tar.gz
4. tar xvf php-3.0.x.tar
5. cd apache_1.3.x
6. ./configure --prefix=/www
7. cd ../php-3.0.x
8. ./configure --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.x --enable-track-vars
9. make
10. make install
11. cd ../apache_1.3.x
12. ./configure --prefix=/www --activate-module=src/modules/php3/libphp3.a
13. make
14. make install
Instead of this step you may prefer to simply copy the httpd binary
overtop of your existing binary. Make sure you shut down your
server first though.
15. cd ../php-3.0.x
16. cp php3.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php3.ini
You can edit /usr/local/lib/php3.ini file to set PHP options. If
you prefer this file in another location, use
--with-config-file-path=/path in step 8.
17. Edit your httpd.conf or srm.conf file and add:
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3
You can choose any extension you wish here. .php3 is simply the one
we suggest.
18. Use your normal procedure for starting the Apache server. (You must
stop and restart the server, not just cause the server to reload by
use a HUP or USR1 signal.)
There are two ways of configuring PHP3.
Using the "setup" script that comes with PHP3. This script asks you a series of questions (almost like the "install" script of PHP/FI 2.0) and runs "configure" in the end. To run this script, type ./setup.
This script will also create a file called "do-conf", this file will contain the options passed to configure. You can edit this file to change just a few options without having to re-run setup. Then type ./do-conf to run configure with the new options.
Running configure by hand. To see what options you have, type ./configure --help.
Details about some of the different configuration options are listed below.
To build PHP3 as an Apache module, answer "yes" to "Build as an Apache module?" (the --with-apache=DIR option to configure) and specify the Apache distribution base directory. If you have unpacked your Apache distribution in /usr/local/www/apache_1.2.4, this is your Apache distribution base directory. The default directory is /usr/local/etc/httpd.
To build PHP3 as an fhttpd module, answer "yes" to "Build as an fhttpd module?" (the --with-fhttpd=DIR option to configure) and specify the fhttpd source base directory. The default directory is /usr/local/src/fhttpd. If you are running fhttpd, building PHP as a module will give better performance, more control and remote execution capability.
The default is to build PHP3 as a CGI program. If you are running a web server PHP3 has module support for, you should generally go for that solution for performance reasons. However, the CGI version enables Apache users to run different PHP3-enabled pages under different user-ids. Please make sure you read through the Security chapter if you are going to run PHP as a CGI.
PHP3 has native support for a number of databases (as well as ODBC):
--with-adabas=DIR
Compiles with Adabas D support. The parameter is the Adabas D install directory and defaults to /usr/local/adabasd.
--with-filepro
Enables the bundled read-only filePro support. No external libraries are required.
--with-msql=DIR
Enables mSQL support. The parameter to this option is the mSQL install directory and defaults to /usr/local/Hughes. This is the default directory of the mSQL 2.0 distribution. configure automatically detects which mSQL version you are running and PHP3 supports both 1.0 and 2.0, but if you compile PHP3 with mSQL 1.0, you can only access mSQL 1.0 databases, and vice-versa.
See also mSQL Configuration Directives in the configuration file.
--with-mysql=DIR
Enables MySQL support. The parameter to this option is the MySQL install directory and defaults to /usr/local. This is the default installation directory of the MySQL distribution.
See also MySQL Configuration Directives in the configuration file.
--with-iodbc=DIR
Includes iODBC support. This feature was first developed for iODBC Driver Manager, a freely redistributable ODBC driver manager which runs under many flavors of UNIX. The parameter to this option is the iODBC installation directory and defaults to /usr/local.
--with-openlink=DIR
Includes OpenLink ODBC support. The parameter to this option is the OpenLink ODBC installation directory and defaults to /usr/local/openlink.
--with-oracle=DIR
Includes Oracle support. Has been tested and should be working at least with Oracle versions 7.0 through 7.3. The parameter is the ORACLE_HOME directory. You do not have to specify this parameter if your Oracle environment has been set up.
--with-pgsql=DIR
Includes PostgreSQL support. The parameter is the PostgreSQL base install directory and defaults to /usr/local/pgsql.
See also Postgres Configuration Directives in the configuration file.
--with-solid=DIR
Includes Solid support. The parameter is the Solid install directory and defaults to /usr/local/solid.
--with-sybase=DIR
Includes Sybase support. The parameter is the Sybase install directory and defaults to /home/sybase.
See also Sybase Configuration Directives in the configuration file.
--with-sybase-ct=DIR
Includes Sybase-CT support. The parameter is the Sybase-CT install directory and defaults to /home/sybase.
See also Sybase-CT Configuration Directives in the configuration file.
--with-velocis=DIR
Includes Velocis support. The parameter is the Velocis install directory and defaults to /usr/local/velocis.
--with-custom-odbc=DIR
Includes support for an arbitrary custom ODBC library. The parameter is the base directory and defaults to /usr/local.
This option implies that you have defined CUSTOM_ODBC_LIBS when you run the configure script. You also must have a valid odbc.h header somewhere in your include path. If you don't have one, create it and include your specific header from there. Your header may also require some extra definitions, particularly when it is multiplatform. Define them in CFLAGS.
For example, you can use Sybase SQL Anywhere on QNX as following: CFLAGS=-DODBC_QNX LDFLAGS=-lunix CUSTOM_ODBC_LIBS="-ldblib -lodbc" ./configure --with-custom-odbc=/usr/lib/sqlany50
--disable-unified-odbc
Disables the Unified ODBC module, which is a common interface to all the databases with ODBC-based interfaces, such as Solid and Adabas D. It also works for normal ODBC libraries. Has been tested with iODBC, Solid, Adabas D and Sybase SQL Anywhere. Requires that one (and only one) of these modules or the Velocis module is enabled, or a custom ODBC library specified. This option is only applicable if one of the following options is used: --with-iodbc, --with-solid, --with-adabas, --with-velocis, or --with-custom-odbc,
See also Unified ODBC Configuration Directives in the configuration file.
--with-mcrypt
Include support for the mcrypt library. See the mcrypt documentation for more information. If you use the optional DIR argument, PHP will look for mcrypt.h in DIR/include.
--enable-sysvsem
Include support for Sys V semaphores (supported by most Unix derivates). See the Semaphore and Shared Memory documentation for more information.
--enable-sysvshm
Include support for Sys V shared memory (supported by most Unix derivates). See the Semaphore and Shared Memory documentation for more information.
--with-xml
Include support for a non-validating XML parser using James Clark's expat library. See the XML function reference for details.
--enable-maintainer-mode
Turns on extra dependencies and compiler warnings used by some of the PHP3 developers.
--with-system-regex
Uses the system's regular expression library rather than the bundled one. If you are building PHP3 as a server module, you must use the same library when building PHP3 as when linking the server. Enable this if the system's library provides special features you need. It is recommended that you use the bundled library if possible.
--with-config-file-path=DIR
The path used to look for the php3.ini file when PHP starts up.
--with-exec-dir=DIR
Only allow running of executables in DIR when in safe mode. Defaults to /usr/local/bin. This option only sets the default, it may be changed with the safe_mode_exec_dir directive in the configuration file later.
--disable-debug
Does not include debug information in the library or executable. The debug information makes it easier to pinpoint bugs, so it is a good idea to leave debug on as long as PHP3 is in alpha or beta state.
--enable-safe-mode
Enables "safe mode" by default. This imposes several restrictions on what PHP can do, such as opening only files within the document root. Read the Security chapter for more more information. CGI users should always enable secure mode. This option only sets the default, it may be enabled or disabled with the safe_mode directive in the configuration file later.
--enable-track-vars
Makes PHP3 keep track of where GET/POST/cookie variables come from in the arrays HTTP_GET_VARS, HTTP_POST_VARS and HTTP_COOKIE_VARS. This option only sets the default, it may be enabled or disabled with the track_vars directive in the configuration file later.
--enable-magic-quotes
Enable magic quotes by default. This option only sets the default, it may be enabled or disabled with the magic_quotes_runtime directive in the configuration file later. See also the magic_quotes_gpc and the magic_quotes_sybase directives.
--enable-debugger
Enables the internal PHP3 debugger support. This feature is still in an experimental state. See also the Debugger Configuration directives in the configuration file.
--enable-discard-path
If this is enabled, the PHP CGI binary can safely be placed outside of the web tree and people will not be able to circumvent .htaccess security. Read the section in the security chapter about this option.
--enable-bcmath
Enables bc style arbitrary precision math functions. See also the bcmath.scale option in the configuration file.
--enable-force-cgi-redirect
Enable the security check for internal server redirects. You should use this if you are running the CGI version with Apache.
When using PHP as a CGI binary, PHP by default always first checks that it is used by redirection (for example under Apache, by using Action directives). This makes sure that the PHP binary cannot be used to bypass standard web server authentication procedures by calling it directly, like http://my.host/cgi-bin/php/secret/doc.html. This example accesses http://my.host/secret/doc.html but does not honour any security settings enforced by httpd for directory /secret.
Not enabling option disables the check and enables bypassing httpd security and authentication settings. Do this only if your server software is unable to indicate that a safe redirection was done and all your files under your document root and user directories may be accessed by anyone.
Read the section in the security chapter about this option.
--disable-short-tags
Disables the short form <? ?> PHP3 tags. You must disable the short form if you want to use PHP3 with XML. With short tags disabled, the only PHP3 code tag is <?php ?>. This option only sets the default, it may be enabled or disabled with the short_open_tag directive in the configuration file later.
--enable-url-includes
Makes it possible to run code on other HTTP or FTP servers directly from PHP3 with include(). See also the include_path option in the configuration file.
To make the PHP3 installation look for header or library files in different directories, modify the CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment variables, respectively. If you are using a sensible shell, you should be able to do LDFLAGS=-L/my/lib/dir CPPFLAGS=-I/my/include/dir ./configure
When PHP3 is configured, you are ready to build the CGI executable or the PHP3 library. The command make should take care of this. If it fails and you can't figure out why, see the Problems section.
If you have built PHP3 as a CGI program, you may test your build by typing make test. It is always a good idea to test your build. This way you may catch a problem with PHP3 on your platform early instead of having to struggle with it later.
If you have built PHP3 as a CGI program, you may benchmark your build by typing make bench. Note that if safe mode is on by default, the benchmark may not be able to finish if it takes longer then the 30 seconds allowed. This is because the set_time_limit() can not be used in safe mode. Use the max_execution_time to control this time for you own scripts. make bench ignores the configuration file.