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#2 compile instructions for use with php and apache?

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nobody
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2012-09-14
2003-11-07
Anonymous
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I have been scouring for detailed compilation
directions to get the mcrypt libs to work with apache
and php4. Any pointers to these resources would be
great.
Jas

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  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    After you install the mcrypt and mhash libraries, you just
    have to feed the right parameters to the configure script
    before using make to compile PHP as follows:

    ./configure --with-mcrypt --with-mhash

    Remember that you will probably feed many of your own
    parameters to the configure script in addition to the
    parameters above but the parameters above are the ones you
    need to enable the mcrypt/mhash related functions in PHP.
    Hope this helps...

     
  • lizard88

    lizard88 - 2004-08-06

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    The problem I have with 'nobody's instructions are that they
    assume you have access to the source. I'm running Redhat9
    with php 4.2.2-17. Since this is a somewhat older version
    which was installed with the OS, I don't have and can no
    longer get the source. The fact that I have to recompile
    php to get encryption functionality is rediculous. On the
    Windows platform I just had to copy a few dll files and edit
    a config file to get mcrypt working (2 minutes tops!)

    There's got to be a way to make this easier for those of us
    who are not experienced enough to recompile php. BTW, I
    spent almost 2 days trying to install php 4.3.8 (which is
    available) on my machine with mcrypt and couldn't get it
    working with apache, so I had to reload the 4.2.2 from an
    RPM of the Redhat CD.

     
  • lizard88

    lizard88 - 2004-08-23

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    I've found the easiest way for beginners to get started with
    PHP & mcrypt for web development to be a distrubution of
    Apache called XAMPP. It's available at this website:

    http://www.apachefriends.org/en/

    The distribution for Linux systems (tested for SuSE, RedHat,
    Mandrake and Debian) contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP & PEAR,
    Perl, ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype2, libjpeg,
    libpng, gdbm, zlib, expat, Sablotron, libxml, Ming,
    Webalizer, pdf class, ncurses, mod_perl, FreeTDS, gettext,
    mcrypt, mhash, Turck MMCache, SQLite and IMAP C-Client.

    It includes very easy to follow instructions for beginners.
    Note the warnings though that the default distribution is
    not secure for production sites. There are however simple
    instructions for making it secure if you dig a little deeper
    on the site.

     

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