re-compiling php

[sifuhall]

I have decided I would like to take advantage of zlib.

Do I have to modify my apache installation as well, or just re-compile php?

[Anarchos]

You could add extension=zlib.so or whatever's it's called to your php.ini, or compile it in. I don't know what zlib is, but you probably don't need to modify Apache.

[sifuhall]

I wasn't aware of that. Adding it to php.ini sounds like the way to go (I wasn't too keen on recompiling it anyway)

[freddydoesphp]

Anarchos is right, you must compile zlib first though. Once its compiled on your server, you can jsut compile php with

--with-zlib


Apache does not need to be recompiled.