[CentOS] Re: Updating PHP

[Nigel Kendrick]

-----Original Message-----

Tom Diehl wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Todd Cary wrote:
>
>> My version of Centos (4.4) comes with php 4.3.9.  Since I run 
>> Interbase on the server, I need to recompile the php with Interbase.  
>> The only php I have found is 4.4 which I have downloaded and untarred 
>> as well as configuring it with Interbase, doing the make and make 
>> install.
>>
>> Where I am lost is on having Apache (httpd) use it rather than the 
>> 4.3.9 ( http://209.204.172.137:82/testphp.php ).
>>
>> When I do the make install, where does it go?
>
> Why not save yourself a ton of grief and rebuild the .srpm that came with
> your version of CentOS?
>
> Regards,
>

This is strange as I have downloaded PHP 4.4.x from PHP.net and recompiled
it on about 5 CentOS 4.4. boxes without problems - once I had all the
dependencies sorted :-) - I've got it down to about a 10 minute job now.