Adding PHP to Apache on Linux - page 10

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To build Apache from source (e.g., your Linux distribution package didn't provide the pieces necessary to add PHP), use the following commands as a quick-start. Download the latest released version of the Apache tarball and unpack it into a working directory. The top-level directory will then be ./apache-1.3, which matches assumption #1 described earlier.

    % cd ./apache-1.3
    % env CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall" \
    > ./configure --enable-shared=max --enable-module=most \
    > --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/web/apache \
    > --with-port=80
    Configuring for Apache, Version 1.3.10-dev
     + using installation path layout: Apache (config.layout)
    Creating Makefile
    Creating Configuration.apaci in src
        [more configuration output]
    % make
        [lots of compilation output]
    % make install
        [lots more output describing file placement]
    % /usr/local/web/apache/bin/apachectl start

If there are no errors, you should now have a working Apache installation in the location that matches assumption #2 described earlier. It was written to work with dynamic modules rather than static ones, so build PHP as a dynamic module.

It's far beyond the scope of this article to give any more information about building Apache; it is about PHP, after all. If you'd like to see an article in this column about the details of building Apache, let me know.