[mapserver-users] MapScript and PHP 4.1.2

[Assefa Yewondwossen]

Just to add to this  note : there is a php/mapscript.dll build for php4.1.2
on our download site at :


http://www2.dmsolutions.on.ca/mapserver/dl/php4.1.2_php_mapscript_35_libwww.zip

Best Regards

Daniel Morissette wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We've finally got a version of MapScript that works with PHP 4.1.2 ...
> or at least it does compile and work well with the few apps that we used
> it with until now.  The fixes are in the latest CVS version, and should
> likely be part of tomorrow's nightly build on the UMN website.
>
> A few more notes about PHP and MapScript:
>
>  - PHP4.0.6 and 4.1.2 are the only versions of PHP that are known to
>    work well with MapScript 3.6-dev (the version in CVS)
>
>  - Starting with this version, you MUST configure your PHP as a CGI
>    in order to use MapScript.  There are known thread-safety issues
>    with the module at the moment and it is not safe to use with a PHP
>    Apache module or ISAPI configuration.  I've added a test and a
>    fatal error will be produced by ms_newMapObj() if your PHP server
>    is not configured as a CGI.
>    See the following page on the Wiki for help on configuring PHP as
>    a CGI under Apache:
>       http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PHPMapScriptCGI
>
>  - The MapScript 3.5-release version works only with 4.0.6 and will
>    never be ported to 4.1.2
>
>  - The latest CVS version marks the beginning of a move away from PHP3.
>    It probably won't compile with PHP3, and as we rework the module
>    to fix other PHP4 issues, we will also flush all PHP3-related stuff.
>    So for those who are still running PHP3 servers, please start to
>    plan for an upgrade if you want to use future versions of MapScript.
>
>  - There are still configure and compilation issues on some Solaris and
>    other non-Linux systems... we hope to resolve these in the coming
>    months by completely rewriting the PHP module's configure code.
>
> I think that's it for the news, a Windows DLL for PHP4.1.2 should be
> made available on our download site in the next week or so.
>
> --
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>  Daniel Morissette               morissette at dmsolutions.ca
>  DM Solutions Group              http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
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>   Don't put for tomorrow what you can do today, because if
>       you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow.

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Assefa Yewondwossen
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