freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 81, Issue 24

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Brian Bobowski wrote:

> Graham Bentley wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As an experiment (and to gain some expereince) I would like to test 
>> out locally various CMS software.
>>
>> I have a 5.3 release disc here and can get a minimal install up and 
>> running and on the net quite quickly now.
>>
>> What I am struggling with is the following :-
>>
>> What is the best order (options/versions) to install these packages
>>
>> 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 ?
>>
>> Any advice appreciated :)
>>  
>>
> mod_php4 is the Apache mod and is probably a Very Good
> Thing(but you got PHP 3.9.2...?).
>
> Since PHP and MySQL exist independently and neither
> needs the other to run(except with one another), that's likely why it 
> doesn't default...
>
> I would do MySQL and Apache first, in whatever order,
> then lang/php4, then www/mod_php4. SQL and the web server
> are, I believe, quite independent; since PHP is, among other things,
> the glue that's holding them together, that's best installed when you
> already have the other two(which don't care about PHP beyond Apache
> loading libphp4.so as produced, I think, by www/mod_php4).
>
> HTH,
> -BB


lang/php4 and www/mod_php4 will both install the SO for
Apache; use www/mod_php4 if you only want Apache support
and want no PHP CLI.

It's probable that the OP's problems with PHP "playing along"
with MySQL were due to failure to install /lang/php4-extensions
as someone else pointed out; see note in /usr/ports/UPDATING
from July ...

Kevin Kinsey