AOLserver README ($Id$)
-To compile PHP 4.0 as a module for AOLserver, you need:
+PHP 4 supports AOLserver 3.0+ and AOLserver 4 out-of-the-box.
-- installed AOLserver 3.1 or later
- (see the note below for AOLserver 3.0)
+Note that there might be thread-safety issues with thread-unsafe
+libraries/extensions. Test thoroughly before you put anything
+into production.
-NOTE: You should not use this module in production. PHP is not 100% stable
- yet in threaded mode. To increase reliability enable the Global Lock
- by removing #define NO_GLOBAL_LOCK in main/main.c. Also don't use
- php_value as it will lead to races in a sub-system (use an ini file
- instead).
+1.) Installing AOLserver
-1.) Configuring AOLserver
+ For AOLserver 4, ./configure; make; make install seems to be enough.
-Read doc/install.txt in the source distribution
+2.) Install PHP
-It usually boils down to changing the INST/PREFIX variable in
-include/Makefile.global and running make all install.
+ $ ./configure \
+ --with-aolserver=/path/to/installed/aolserver \
+ <other options>
+ $ make
+ $ make install
-2.) Configuring PHP
+3.) Enabling PHP in your config.tcl
-$ ./configure \
- --with-aolserver=/path/to/installed/aolserver \
- <other options>
+ Required steps:
-NOTE: If you are still using AOLserver 3.0, you need to retain the
- AOLserver source code and pass another option to PHP:
+ Locate the modules section:
- --with-aolserver-src=/path/to/source/distribution
+ ns_section "ns/server/${servername}/modules"
-3.) Compiling and Installing PHP
+ Under that, add this line:
-$ make install
+ ns_param php ${bindir}/libphp4.so
-4.) Changing nsd.tcl
+ Add a new section at the end of config.tcl to enable PHP support:
-a) New section
-
-Add a new section to pass options to PHP (required):
-
-ns_section "ns/server/${servername}/module/php"
-
-You can use the following commands in this section:
-
-The 'map' command will cause AOLserver to pass all requests to *.php to
-the PHP module (can be specified multiple times). Example:
-
-ns_param map *.php
-
-The 'php_value "name val"' command assigns the configuration option name
-the value val (can be used multiple times). Example:
-
-ns_param php_value "session.auto_start 1"
-
-b) Enabling PHP
-
-Then enable the PHP module:
-
-ns_section "ns/server/${servername}/modules"
-...
-ns_param php ${bindir}/libphp4.so
+ ns_section "ns/server/${servername}/module/php"
+ ns_param map *.php
+
+ Now, all *.php files will be handled by PHP.
+ You can also configure INI variables. E.g.
+ ns_param php_value "session.auto_start 1"
+
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-This has been tested with AOLserver release 3.0.
+This has been tested with AOLserver release 3.1/4.0.
AOLserver support has been written by Sascha Schumann <sascha@schumann.cx>.