Maybe I could just compile it on a test machine and copy the .so file over to the working server. Would there be any incompatibility issues there? Where could I download PHP 5.1.6? I am only able to see 5.2.5 and 4.4.8 on php.net... Thank you! On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Liz Kim wrote: > > We have a set of PHP files which uses "dl()" to load the extension > > "php_mssql.so" at runtime. > > These were running on a server with PHP 4.3.9 and have been recently > moved > > to a new server with PHP 5.1.6 (both RedHat). > > I have tried to simply copy the file "php_mssql.so" file to the > directory of > > PHP modules, however it seems to be not compatible with the new version. > > Right. PHP4 is different to PHP5 internally so the extension files will > be different too. > > > We dont have permissions to recompile PHP on the server but can copy > files > > on the modules/extensions directory area. > > I believe we just need to get the updated "php_mssql.so" file onto the > > server. > > Any idea where I could download or how to create one? > > Ideally just get the host to install the appropriate RPM's. > > The only other way would be to get the same hardware (i386 compared to > amd64 for example), same version of redhat, same gcc, same php and > compile it all yourself. > > -- > Postgresql & php tutorials > http://www.designmagick.com/ >
