My hosting company is very stubborn when it comes to functionality. They do not compile their version of PHP 4.3.8 with DOM so now none of my XML generating code works. The environment is a virtual host meaning that I share space on a server with other users but only I have access to my stuff. The software packages including Apache and PHP are installed with scripts that create links from where the files should be to where the files actually are (their home in virtual package land). For example the httpd.conf file is not in the /etc/httpd directory, a link is there to point Apache to the actual file. I have access to make changes to these files, that is not my problem. My problem is breaking the other PHP dependent applications such as Squirrel Mail. So my question is, where is php actually installed on a normal machine? I would like to compile 4.3.8 with DOM support, and point Apache to the new .so file, in a location of my choice. Does this sound possible if so would it be this simple? Thanks for the insight! Tim
