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PHP & RedHat 8.0 :-|

(latest) rpm's installed:

php-4.2.2-8.0.5
httpd-2.0.40-11

...dont't work to run PHP :-(

Here's a good advice to work around the problem: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php

1. gzip -d httpd-2_0_44.tar.gz
2. tar xf httpd-2_0_44.tar
3. gunzip php-4.3.0.tar.gz
4. tar -xf php-4.3.0.tar
5. cd httpd-2.0.44
6. ./configure --enable-so
   
   or
   ./configure --enable-so --enable-ssl
7. make
8. make install
   Now you have Apache 2.0.NN available under /usr/local/apache2, configured with loadable module support and the standard MPM prefork. To test the installation use your normal procedure for starting the Apache server, e.g.: /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start and stop the server to go on with the configuration for PHP: /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl stop.
9. cd ../php-4.3.0
10. ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
11. make
12. make install
    
13. cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini
    
    Edit your php.ini file to set PHP options. If you prefer this file in another location, use --with-config-file-path=/path in step 10.
14. vi /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
    
    Edit your httpd.conf file and check that these lines are present: LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so AddType application/x-httpd-php .php You can choose any extension you wish here. .php is simply the one we suggest. The path on the right hand side of the LoadModule statement must point to the path of the PHP module on your system. The above statement is correct for the steps shown above.
15. Use your normal procedure for starting the Apache server, e.g.: /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

What else you could do now?

1. vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
   
   

   # - apachectl=/usr/sbin/apachectl
   # - httpd=/usr/sbin/httpd
   apachectl=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl
   httpd=/usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd

2. cd /var/www
3. mv html html-redhat-old
4. cd /usr/local/apache2
5. chown -R nobody cgi-bin
6. /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

Configure Apache Installation

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2		(typical)

Orig:	/usr/local/apache2/bin/
RH8.0:	/usr/sbin/