Getting MapServer working (PHP MapScript)

Abe Gillespie abe.gillespie at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 1 18:24:39 EDT 2005


beta3 works!  Thank you so much you geniui!

-Abe

On 6/1/05, Abe Gillespie <abe.gillespie at gmail.com> wrote:
> I build both PHP and MapServer from source.  But I'll start with
> upgrading to MS 4.6.  I'll let you know.
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> -Abe
> 
> On 6/1/05, Bill Binko <bill at binko.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Abe Gillespie wrote:
> >
> > > Shall I build PHP or MapServer from source?
> >
> > You should build MapServer from source.  Ideally, you should build CVS
> > HEAD or the latest beta ( 4.6Beta3 ?).
> >
> > If your PHP Header files are in /usr/include/php, then all you should have
> > to do is configure with --with-php=/usr and it should detect everything
> > for PHP.  Of course, depending on what else you're using (GDAL, OGR, WMS,
> > WFS, etc, etc) there are other configure options you'll need.
> >
> > If you don't build from source right now, perhaps a 4.6beta3 binary is
> > available (?).
> >
> > Unfortunately, you are probably in exactly the position I was in when I
> > decided to tackle this bug: I had a binary PHP that I didn't want to mess
> > with that was built with the PHP regex.  Older versions of Mapserver just
> > don't play nicely that way.  That's what the fix is about: it allows you
> > to build against a binary PHP (assuming you have the include files) and
> > uses the right regex.
> >
> > The good news for you is that there IS a fix now, and "all" you have to do
> > is build Mapserver 4.6beta from source.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
>



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