[mapserver-users] MapScript and PHP 4.1.2

[Assefa Yewondwossen]

I have renamed the name of the zip file on our download site to reflect the fact
that the dll is build with the lastes version of mapserver from CVS (which is
version 3.6-dev). So the new URL for the php/mapscript is :


http://www2.dmsolutions.on.ca/mapserver/dl/php4.1.2_php_mapscript_36-dev_libwww.zip

Best reagrads,


Assefa Yewondwossen wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >  Daniel Morissette               morissette at dmsolutions.ca
> >  DM Solutions Group              http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >   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
> Software Analyst
>
> Email: assefa at dmsolutions.ca
> http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
>
> Phone: (613) 565-5056
> Fax:   (613) 565-0925
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Phone: (613) 565-5056
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