freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 81, Issue 24

[CHris Rich]

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> 
> Mysql, Apache, PHP - which I need to test out the CMS software
> 
> Just recently I installed Apache2, then PHP 3.9.2 and MySQL 4.0
> only to find I had not got support for MySQL compiled into PHP.
> 
> There must be some logical methods to ensure that each package
> has the dependancies it requires ?
> 
> For eample do I need /usr/ports/www/mod_php4 as well
> as /usr/ports/lang/php4 ?
> 
Not sure of the best order to install everything, but to ensure that
you get the support in php that you need, i would recommend installing
the port /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions. Using that port will give
you an option as to what all support you want such mysql and others.