BUG: php4 and php5 produce "garbled" mod_php for Apache

[lukhnos@…]

Tried both the ports for php4 and php5, and both yielded mod_php files that Apache refused to load. Consulted http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.macosx.php and found there is a CFLAG env variable that seems to be missing in the existing portfile (ie. -DEAPI that produces Apache DSO)

Also, both the portfiles for php4 and php5, when variant +apache is set, seem to refer to /usr/sbin/ httpd instead of /opt/local/bin/httpd in one of its configuration settings (which are then used in the linking stage).

After adding the required CFLAG and modified the portfiles a bit, now both php4 and php5 ports work fine now.

Diff for the Portfile of www/php4:

82c82,85
<                       configure.args-append   --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
---
> #                     configure.args-append   --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
>             configure.env CFLAGS="-DBIND_8_COMPAT=1 -DEAPI -O3"
>                       depends_lib-append      path:${prefix}/sbin/apxs:apache
>                       configure.args-append   --with-apxs=${prefix}/sbin/apxs

Whereas the diff for the Portfile of php5:

<                       configure.args-append   --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
---
> #                     configure.args-append   --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
>             configure.env CFLAGS="-DBIND_8_COMPAT=1 -DEAPI -O3"
>                       depends_lib-append      path:${prefix}/sbin/apxs:apache
>                       configure.args-append   --with-apxs=${prefix}/sbin/apxs

[lukhnos@…]

Oh, I should add that the Apache I'm using is also installed by port, it's 1.3.33_2+mod_perl.

[lukhnos@…]

And I missed one line in the diff file for php5's Portfile, the beginning is also: 82c82,85

Sorry for so much blunder I've made.

[snu@…]

I have assigned this to benoitc, but he seems to have gone AWOL. If you don't hear from him soonish, I'd suggest you take moves along the lines described in the port abandonment section of the DarwinPorts Guide.

[moondog@…]

I tested the proposed fix from Lukhnos. At least for php4 it works fine. Could someone just check the fix in. In the current state the PHP Port(s) are not very useable.

Also I found that when attempting to activate PHP there seem to be some files in /opt/local/var/php. I just "rm -r"-ed this directory and did a activate again, after which it just seems to work.

(I could start the abandoned procedure, but I'm quite new to DarwinPorts, so maybe someone else who's more experienced could take on this task?)

[opendarwin-2006@…]

If you mean /opt/local/lib/php then that happens to many people, as evidenced by several posts on the mailing list including this one:

http://www.opendarwin.org/pipermail/darwinports/2006-February/031978.html

In any case it has nothing to do with the rest of this bug report so a separate bug should be opened.

[opendarwin-2006@…]

It appears this /opt/local/lib/php bug is possibly being handled in bug #6379.

[markd@…]

Has the problem been verified to be solved by the current versions of PHP? 4.4.4 and 5.1.5?

[lukhnos@…]

As far as my latest experience goes, I didn't encounter any problem installing apache2 and php5. Don't know if it's true for php4 though. As for me the problem no longer exists. Thanks!

[markd@…]

Thanks for the update. I'll close it.

[markd@…]

Looks like this may still be a problem.