Getting MapServer working (PHP MapScript)

Bill Binko bill at BINKO.NET
Wed Jun 1 18:31:50 EDT 2005


No Problem

(Daniel, remind me to fix more of his bugs) 

Bill

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Abe Gillespie wrote:

> 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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