PHP 3 Dynamic Module Installation

Installing PHP3 as a Dynamic Module

There are two different ways to install PHP3 v3.0.12 on a Virtual Server. The best way is to install it as a Dynamic Module. It can also be installed as a CGI to which PHP3 files are redirected by the web server.

Dynamic Module Installation
Connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH and do the following:

Install the PHP3 dynamic module on your Virtual Server. Substitute the name of the dynamic module you want to install for MODULE-NAME below.

% cd /usr/local/apache/1.3/modules
% ln MODULE-NAME ~/www/modules/MODULE-NAME

Currently, these PHP3 dynamic modules are available:


No database support
mod_php3-3.0.16-module.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-imap.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mcrypt-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mcrypt-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mcrypt-ftp-imap.so

mSQL database support
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-msql.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-msql-imap.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-msql-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-msql-mcrypt-freetype-.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-msql-mcrypt-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-msql-mcrypt-ftp-imap.so

MySQL database support
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mysql.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mysql-imap.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mysql-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mysql-mcrypt-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mysql-mcrypt-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-mysql-mcrypt-ftp-imap.so

PostgreSQL database support
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-pgsql.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-pgsql-imap.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-pgsql-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-pgsql-mcrypt-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-pgsql-mcrypt-ftp-imap-freetype-gd.so
mod_php3-3.0.16-module-pgsql-mcrypt-ftp-imap.so

Add the following line to the top of your Virtual Server web server configuration file (~/www/conf/httpd.conf) to dynamically load the PHP3 dynamic module. Substitute the name of the dynamic module you want to install for MODULE-NAME.

LoadModule php3_module modules/MODULE-NAME
Make the following additions and modifications to your Virtual Server web server configuration file (~/www/conf/httpd.conf).
1. Modify the DirectoryIndex line so that index.php3 files will be included as directory indices
  DirectoryIndex index.php3 index.cgi index.html index.htm
2. Add the following lines so that all files with .php3 and .phtml extensions will be redirected to the PHP3 dynamic module.

SEE ALSO:

About PHP3

Installing PHP3 as a CGI

PHP4

About the Apache Web Server

About Apache Dynamic Modules

Installing Apache Modules

Installing mod_perl

Installing mod_jserv

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