[Mapserver-users] Success! Was: php_mapscript on a host - nightmare! help!

[poff]

finally I have got a map to draw!

For others here is what I had to do using a host with the php_module, 25mb 
space, and linux.

Actually I used another account with 100+mb to actually compile php, but 
installed with a 6mb shapefile the whole setup takes 10mb.

get php-4.3.1 (NOT 4.3.2 as it won't work: "Cannot find input file" bug)

./configure --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local --with-png-dir=/usr 
-with-mysql=/usr --with-pear --with-ttf --with-freetype-dir=/usr 
--enable-gd-native-ttf --with-zlib --enable-force-cgi-redirect

make

cp sapi/cgi/php ~/pkg/bin

get mapserver (tested with 3.6)

compile --with-php your compiled version (well configured really)

make

copy the .so file to your mapscripts directory

cd ~/public_html/mapscripts

cat <<END > .htaccess
SetEnv REDIRECT_STATUS CGI
END

cat <<END > draw.cgi
#!${HOME}/pkg/bin
<?php

dl("php_mapscript.so");

phpinfo();

?>

chmod +x draw.cgi

Works fine, not sure how much slower it is though.

Nice thing about linux is that it compiled very easily with libjpeg, gd and 
png support.

The trick is not to specify a --prefix so it uses the system extensions - 
pear works fine too.

P

On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 04:43:25PM +0200, poff wrote: > Sorry for the title.
> 
> I'm using a commercial host to host my site, and am trying to get 
> php_mapscript working.
> 
> So far I had to:
> 
> get and configure php sources in ${HOME} for regex
> compile mapserver (after a lot of tweaking)
> 
> Get it listed in phpinfo.
> 
> Then be told, when I try using it I need to recompile as a CGI!
> 
> I can't ask for this as this is a shared server. What should I do?
> 
> Does mapscript 4 bypass this requirement? I'm trying to compile 3.6 at the 
> moment, on a red hat server.
> 
> Thanks for any tips,
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