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pegges · Jun 30, 2001, 12:36 AM

Any help would be very appreciated. I'm just starting out with PHP/MySQL, but I have yet to succeed with the PHP installation. I first updated Apache to 1.3.19 (worked fine), then tried to installPHP 4.0.4pl1. Installation appeared to be ok, but now Apache won't start. I get this:

"API module structure `php4_module' in file /usr/libexec/httpd/libphp4.so is garbled - perhaps this is not an Apache module DSO?
/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started"

What's going on??

Mac Write · Jul 1, 2001, 04:52 AM

I wrote an article on installing Apache and PHP under Mac OS X.
http://www.macwrite.com/osx/webserver-part-III.php

[ 07-01-2001: Message edited by: Mac Write ]

pegges · Jul 1, 2001, 06:12 AM

Thanks MacWrite. That did it for me. I guess I should reevaluate the stance "RTFM"

Now on to figuring out what's wrong with my mysql installation. I get the message

ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

when I try to start the server. It worked before, but after a restart it fails to. I really don't have a clue as to what's going on with this...

Edit: reinstalling mysql solved my new problem. Hmmm... I won't dare log out now that I've got the entire trio up and running.

[ 07-01-2001: Message edited by: pegges ]

Xeo · Jul 1, 2001, 02:23 PM

Why does everyone insist on re-compiling/installing Apache to get PHP to work? I too went through the amazingly long process of installing Apache and PHP together. I couldn't start or stop Apache with the button in the "Sharing" system pref. Grr!

Then I actually looked up installation on OS X at php.net. You don't need to install Apache over at all. I don't know if OS X comes with an old version of Apache or what, but it works fine.

PHP's OS X Installation
Make sure to look at the Client installation. This is out-dated information.

Same instructions, but updated by the author

I e-mailed Marc and he told me the configure line. It's:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1"face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial">code:</font><HR><pre><font size=1 face=courier>./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs;</font>[/code]

His line actually includes additional SQL support for another app, but I use MySQL so I didn't need it.

Mac Write · Jul 1, 2001, 02:26 PM

Your welcome.

I used this article for installing MySQL. I then used my articlefor the Apache and PHP part of the install, since when I used their's, it gave me errors.
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/A...BuildingOnOSX/

I think I iwill do my own MySQL article sometime.

CHeck out the rest of the website.

Xeo · Jul 1, 2001, 02:52 PM

Marc also has a MySQL installer package on that same website I listed above. It was a very simple install, but setting it up still requres the CL or however else you want to do it. I think it works so nicely because it's already build for OS X and his installer just throws the files where they need to go, just like every other OS X installer out there.

He also wrote a startup script and put that into an installer package. It just copies it to StartupItems, but it works. The only problem was I had to change the shell script a bit. It wanted to use a username "test" that he explains about on his website. It's easy enough so anyone can do it. I'm going to use it just so I won't have to compile it everytime.

Plus, around Sept, I will have to do this all again on another computer. I'm glad that all this will be much easier than when I tried to do it for the first time.