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php 5.2.8 on AIX 5.3 with mysql support

Tough excercise I would say, definately on the beginning nevertheless I was able to make it. Let me share with you how to compile php 5 with mysql support on 64bit platform running AIX 5.3.

Preparation:

1. Download sources from PHP.net site
   wget http://cz.php.net/get/php-5.2.9.tar.gz/from/us.php.net/mirror
2. extract it to temporary location
   gzip -d php-5.2.9.tar.gz
tar -xvf php-5.2.9.tar

Compiling PHP:

1. Configure
   ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-module=so --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache2/conf --with-png-dir=/opt/freeware/include/libpng/png.h --with-zlib-dir=/opt/freeware/lib --enable-shared --disable-static --with-zlib --with-bz2 --with-libxml-dir=/opt/freeware/include/libxml2 --with-jpeg-dir=/opt/freeware/lib --with-png-dir=/opt/freeware/lib --with-xpm-dir=/opt/freeware/lib --with-freetype-dir=/opt/freeware/lib --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
2. edit pcre_internal.h accordingly to the below output
   vi ./ext/pcre/pcrelib/pcre_internal.h

   *** 562,570 ****
     /* Miscellaneous definitions. The #ifndef is to pacify compiler
   warnings in
     environments where these macros are defined elsewhere. */
   
   ! #ifndef FALSE
     typedef int BOOL;
   
     #define FALSE   0
     #define TRUE    1
     #endif
   --- 562,572 ----
     /* Miscellaneous definitions. The #ifndef is to pacify compiler
   warnings in
     environments where these macros are defined elsewhere. */
   
   ! #ifndef BOOL
     typedef int BOOL;
   + #endif
   
   + #ifndef FALSE
     #define FALSE   0
     #define TRUE    1
     #endif

3. Execute make
   make

Post installation:

1. Navigate to libraries
   cd /tmp/install/php/php5.2.8/libs
2. Convert library from static to dinamic
   ar -x libphp5.a
3. Copy dynamic library to apache modules location
   cp libphp5.so /usr/local/apache2/modules/
4. Apply necessary changes to httpd.conf file so, php module will be loaded on startup
   LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
DirectoryIndex index.html, index.php
5. Restart apache stack