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PHP
 PHP is a popular, freely available web applications development tool.
The newest version, called PHP3, includes an HTML-embedded scripting language and a
server-side preprocessor that interprets the HTML- embedded code in order to create
dynamically generated web pages. PHP3 includes support for various databases, including mSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Thus, PHP is commonly used for the
development of database enabled web sites. Like other preprocessed,
html-embedded scripting languages, PHP has many of the more useful features of Perl but is
designed for HTML development in mind. It eliminates the need for numerous small Perl CGI
programs by allowing you to place simple scripts directly in your HTML files. This speeds
up the overall performance of your web pages since the overhead of forking Perl several
times has been eliminated. It also makes it easier to manage large web sites by placing
all components of a web page in a single html file. Similar tools commercially available
include Miva, Aestiva HTML/OS, and Meta-HTML PRO.
Installing PHP3
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:
- Add one of the following lines, that match your Virtual Server O/S, to the top of
your web server configuration file (~/www/conf/httpd.conf) to dynamically load the
PHP3 module with MySQL and IMAP support:
FreeBSD
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-mysql-imap-freetype-gd.so
BSD/OS
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-mysql-imap.so
NOTE: If your Virtual
Server was ordered after Nov 22, 1999, you are likely running FreeBSD. To find out which
O/S your Virtual Server is running, use the uname command:
% uname
These PHP3 modules are also available.
FreeBSD
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-imap-freetype-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-msql-imap-freetype-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-pgsql-imap-freetype-gd.so
BSD/OS
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-imap-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-imap.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-msql-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-msql-imap-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-msql-imap.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-msql.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-mysql-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-mysql-imap-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-mysql.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-pgsql-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-pgsql-imap-gd.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-pgsql-imap.so
LoadModule php3_module modules/mod_php3-3.0.12-module-pgsql.so
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- Add the following line to the ~/www/conf/httpd.conf file so that all files
with .php3 extensions will be redirected to the PHP3 CGI executable:
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3
NOTE: If your Virtual
Server was configured before Dec 8, 1998 you will need to make this addition in the ~/www/conf/srm.conf
file instead, and then restart your web server:
% restart_apache
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CGI Redirect Installation
Connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH
and do the following:
- Change to your home directory:
% cd
- Install the PHP3 software. Use one of the commands below, depending upon your
Virtual Server O/S.
FreeBSD
% vinstall php
BSD/OS
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect.tar
NOTE: These PHP3 CGIs
are also available.
FreeBSD
% vinstall php-msql
% vinstall php-mysql
% vinstall php-pgsql
BSD/OS
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-imap-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-imap.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-msql-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-msql-imap-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-msql-imap.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-msql.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-mysql-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-mysql-imap-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-mysql-imap.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-mysql.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-pgsql-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-pgsql-imap-gd.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-pgsql-imap.tar
% tar xvf /usr/local/contrib/php-3.0.12-redirect-pgsql.tar
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- Add the following lines to the ~/www/conf/httpd.conf file so that all
files with .php3 extensions will be redirected to the PHP3 CGI executable:
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3
Action application/x-httpd-php3 /cgi-bin/php
NOTE: If your Virtual
Server was configured before Dec 8, 1998 you will need to make these additions in the ~/www/conf/srm.conf
file instead, and then restart your web server:
% restart_apache
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