PHP3 anyone?

[cperry42975]

Has anybody here successfully compiled PHP3 support in apache? I have read and read and read many different docs and all the readmes and installs and mans and can just not make it work. Ive tried every config method listed in PHP3 documention and then some

It will appear as the install for both PHP and pache goes OK but still nothing, nothing but the code comes up in a browser .

I just want to know somebody else that made it work, If I know that then I can press forward until I get this thing figured out.

Dont need answers as I know there will be no simple slaying of this dragon, just encouragement as my patience is wearing thin.

[dvdnut]

what distro r u using?

mandrake comes with both apache and php4 and you can have both installed no probs

[cperry42975]

Ive tried it on both Slack 8.0 and Mandrake 8.0 and the PHP4 is also a seperate issue on Mandrake as there are additional steps to take to make Apache to work with both PHP3 and PHP4 but i havent got that far as I cant get PHP3 alone to work.

[dvdnut]

beg my ignorance by why would you want to use 3 instead of 4?

i think older versions of mandrake hold 3 but i cant be sure

ive seen a howto somewhere on compiling php with apache but i cant remember where
:rolleyes:

[cperry42975]

if the code is wrote for 3 it apparently wont run on 4. Im assuming this 1.-Because PHP4 works and 4 code works on Mandrake, PHP3 code comes up as text(code), 2.-There is explicit instructions on running both PHP3 and PHP4 together which if PHP4 would run PHP3 code i would see no need in this documentation. I dont quite get it either! :confused: