[support] Installing php/mysql issues

Wed Dec 5 18:49:37 UTC 2007

Oh yeah, I forgot about 'yum' ... i usually do yast2 on my Suse systems 
at home, but this server machine is CentOS.

So .... I did a yum install php, and it upgraded the packages to 
php-4.3.9 ... not the latest/greatest 5.2.5 ....
So ... does this php include the mysql libraries?   how do I tie my 
newest Apache 2.2.6 with PHP?

I presume the first thing I have to find is the libmodphp4.so file or 
something to that effect .. or is it just mod_php.so?
Then I know there is some more configuration in the httpd.conf file in 
order to tie these together.

Is there anything else I am missing?                       Thanks!

Pat Collins wrote:
> What you need to do is make use of yum.  That is the default package manager
> for centos.  Doing something like 'yum search mysql' or 'su -c "yum search
> mysql"'  should give you a list of packages with mysql in it to install. 
> More help is available on the http://www.centos.org site.   I recommend that
> you use the pre-compiled packages to make it easier to maintain your sites.
>
> Pat
>
> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:11:58 -0500, "Tom Holmes Jr." <tom at tomholmes.net> wrote :
>
>   
>> It's RedHat CentOS, not sure what version.     So I am looking for the 
>> right rpm to download ....
>>
>> should be rpm -i mysql-devel, but it's not finding it ...
>>
>>     
>
> I believe that rpm requires the full package name to install.
>
>   
>> When I go to:  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php/
>> Seems like that one is for Windows only.
>>
>> Pat Collins wrote:
>>     
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> What OS is this machine?  Maybe there is already a pre-compiled mysql
>>> package for mysql and php for your particular OS.
>>>
>>> Pat
>>> PS I've changed the subject line to better reflect your issue.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:48:02 -0500, "Tom Holmes Jr." <tom at tomholmes.net>
>>>       
> wrote :
>   
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> ok ..............  deep breaths .... (in through nose, out through 
>>>> mouth) ......
>>>> (in through nose, out through mouth) ......
>>>> (in through nose, out through mouth) ......
>>>>
>>>> Per the many suggestions ... I've spent the last three hours trying to 
>>>> get Apache/PHP setup.
>>>> Apache 2.2.6 is working fine ....
>>>> I downloaded gunziiped PHP 5.2.5 ... untarred, and started to go through 
>>>> the Apache2/PHP Unix installation as found here:
>>>> http://us.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php
>>>>
>>>> The instruction say ....
>>>> ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql
>>>>
>>>> So, I did this and got the error message:
>>>> "configure: error: Cannot find MySQL header files under yes."
>>>>
>>>> On the thread located on this page, one user quoted .....
>>>> "| There is little or no documentation regarding the fact that MySQL 
>>>> Client Library isn't bundled with PHP anymore.  The installation 
>>>> instructions need to be changed with, at the very least, some 
>>>> instructions for how to get PHP to recognize that the client library is 
>>>> installed.  I realize that this may be a problem with licensing and as 
>>>> such, it's not possible to document too much regarding MySQL..."
>>>>
>>>> Other messages seem to indicate that either:
>>>> a) MySQL has to be on that box now in order to get the libraries
>>>> b) you have to download mysql and compile it in order to get the libraries.
>>>>
>>>> Can some PLEASE (and I am beggin now) please point me where I can get 
>>>> the PHP MySQL libraries so I can finish configuring my PHP with Apache, 
>>>> so I can correctly test Drupal 5.3 on that system ....
>>>> Or ................. should I just use an older version of PHP 5.x that 
>>>> DOES have these mySQL libraries ....
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>   
>>>       
>>>> As you might remember from previous messages ... I did two installs of 
>>>> Drupal 5.3 on Resin.
>>>> One one machine (my laptop) Drupal-Resin-MySQL were all on one machine 
>>>> and it ran without issues.  Perfectly fine!
>>>>
>>>> In our real-world work environment ... reasonably so, the MySQL Server 
>>>> is on another machine/server and run by MySQL DBA's.
>>>> And when I did a Resin/Drupal install ... it worked ... but then started 
>>>> to break ....
>>>> but that could have been on modules issues or something else ....
>>>>
>>>> I certainly know (ok, i presume) that Drupal 5.x will perfectly work on 
>>>> Apache/PHP on one machine while the database resides on another machine.
>>>> Right!
>>>>
>>>> I've provided as much information as I have ... if you need more  ... 
>>>> please ask me nicely ....
>>>>
>>>> Please ... I am begging again ... help me with install PHP with the 
>>>> Mysql Libraries so I can finish configuring it and setting it up.
>>>>
>>>>
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