On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On 04/01/10 23:03, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >> Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> >>> libphp5.so doesn't need the php binary. >>> >> >> You're right, and of course not. libphp5.so >> *is* a "PHP binary" :-) >> >> I've confirmed this using a test. >>> >>> My local apache is configured to use libphp5.so >>> >>> I moved /usr/bin/php to /root, then started apache and ran drupal. It >>> worked. >>> >>> This confirms that libphp5.so is independent of the php binary in >>> /usr/bin as I suggested earlier. >>> >> >> No one was questioning that .. or at least, I wasn't. >> One is an executable binary file ... a program. >> >> The other is also a binary file, but it's a _library_. >> >> What I said was you need one or the other. "A" binary >> file, either the Apache SO or the "binary" interpreter... >> >> It's possible to configure Apache to use a PHP executable >> (CGI), and the CGI and CLI executables are similar, if >> not identical. >> >> I dunno if anyone actually does that anymore, though. :-) >> >> Ashley said "The libphp5.so is the Apache module that >> links PHP into Apache. You need this and PHP installed >> if you want to use PHP in Apache." Devendra apparently >> misinterpreted this to mean that you need both the SO and >> the binary interpreter, but you don't. You DO need the >> rest of the PHP extensions, libraries, config files, etc. >> ... a "PHP installation", whether or not your have the >> CLI binary is not that important, although I always do >> since I like to run system scripts in PHP via cron, etc. >> >> Kevin Kinsey >> > > LOL. Super misunderstanding. Anyway, I did that test to help Devendra. > > > -- > Nilesh Govindarajan > Site & Server Administrator > www.itech7.com > मेरा भारत महान ! > मम भारत: महत्तम भवतु ! > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I think I am clear with everything now.. Good.. Thank you very much Nilesh, kevin, Ashley & all. -- Devendra Jadhav देवेंद्र जाधव
