help needed for php in Linux

[hpnadig]

I'm getting this error when I try to start apache...

I've configured the recent version i.e 4.3 of php on my MAndrake 9.1 system..

apachectl start 

Starting httpd-perl: Syntax error on line 55 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf: 
Cannot load /etc/httpd/extramodules/libphp4.so into server: libphp_common-4.2.3.so.0:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory                                                                 [FAILED] 



Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 56 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/extramodules/libphp4.so into server: libphp_common-4.2.3.so.0: 
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory                                                                 

[FAILED]

CAn anyone please help me out?

[Lats]

Now this is just a wild guess, but check like 54 of your httpd-perl.conf file to see if the line has wrapped itself to the next line, which in this case would be 55.

If it has, just comment the offending line out.

[hpnadig]

nope. It isn't the case...

I think php might not have got installed properly...

the line 55 has the definition something like:

if defined php4 include libphp4.so

and php module isn't working...

[ngw]

Find the .so file and check permission (and of course if it exists )

[hpnadig]

that .so file's not present in that .../extramodules directory!!! Now, how do I find a solution for this?

[ngw]

Sorry but... have you installed php4 ?
If not, install it.
If you have installed use which/locate to find *where*, and copy/symlink it.
If I can give a little suggestion use always the prepackaged Apache/PhP4 of your distro

[hpnadig]

I did install php4.3 from the binary v I got from php.net....

But where do I get the combo pack?

[ngw]

Every Linux distro I've used provides packages for Apache + PhP ...
Red Hat, Debian and Mandrake for example ...
It's not a matter of 'combo', but of resolving dependancies

[hpnadig]

No, I had got only a single CD of MAndrake 9.1. So I downloaded apache and php binaries and installed them on my own. Apache was working fine... even perl scripts are running fine.. but only with php I've pbm.

If nothing works out, I would've to switch back to coding under windows

[firepages]

PHP *nix binaries form php.net ? I dont think there are any , do you mean you downloaded the source and compiled ?

if so what was your ./configure line ? , you need to provide the path to apxs or apache src tree

[hpnadig]

yeah! ( sorry ) that's right...

I configured it and provided path to apxs but no use..