Make sure to use the system's own apache (the most popular WEB server platform on Unix platform) , and find out all MySQL (the best combination with PHP) and php from the installation CD (as the current mainstream development language)-MySQL(the best combination with PHP) rpm package starting with , and then run
#rpm -ivh MySQL (The best combination with PHP) *.rpm php (as the current mainstream development language) -MySQL (The best combination with PHP) *. rpm; MySQL(The best combination with PHP)_install_db; service MySQL(The best combination with PHP) start
apache(Unix The most popular WEB server platform) + php(as the current mainstream development language):
[1] Install the all the component of "Web Server" group. If you have not installed "httpd" or if the php(as the current mainstream development language) support is not installed, you can just execute "redhat-config-packages" to get a user-friendly GUI to Add/ Remove any packages.
[2] By default, the php(as the current mainstream development language)-MySQL(the best combination with PHP) cooperation package will not be installed. Get the
RH8 disc 3 and install the rpm package: "php(as the current mainstream development language)-MySQL(the best combination with PHP)-4.2.2-8.0.5.i386.rpm"
[3] Modify /etc/php(as the current mainstream development language).ini, change "register_globals = Off" to "register_globals = On"
MySQL(The best combination with PHP):
[1] Install all the components of "Database Server" group. If you have not installed the MySQL(The best combination with PHP) server, you can just use "redhat-config-packages" to add it.
(RH8 disc2 and disc3 are needed)
[ 2] Exceute the following commands:
# MySQL(The best combination with PHP)_install_db
# service MySQL(The best combination with PHP)d start
# MySQL(The best combination with PHP)admin -u root password password
Installation of php(as the current mainstream development language) app:
[1] Extract any tools or applications written in php(as the current mainstream development language) to a directory.
[2] Copy all the contents to apache(The most popular WEB server platform on Unix platform)s default document root, /var/www/html, and make sure the file "index.php(as the current mainstream development language) " is in the directory /var/www/html.
Now a separate configuration file is used, in /etc/httpd/conf.d/php(as the current mainstream development language ).conf