[mapserver-users] php_mapscript not being loaded

[Stefan Schwarzer]

>>>> And the php -i it spitting out a long list, but no errors.
>>>> 
>>>> I have actually all PHP, GD, …, Mapserver from Kyngchaos. So, one single source. But strange enough, every computer seems different, and I ran into a couple of challenges.
>>>> 
>>> I wonder if Apache is still using the system PHP?  The PHP version at the top of phpinfo() should match what you installed (OS X 10.7 system PHP is 5.3.10, on 10.6 is 5.3.8).
>>> 
>>> Also, if the Apache log doesn't have anything, look at Console.app to see if there are any system errors (maybe it can't load a needed library).
>> 
>> Ha, good one. Thanks a lot! Indeed, the phpinfo shows 5.3.8, the php -i shows 5.3.10. I am on OS X 10.7, however. 
>> 
>> What does that mean? I have a mixture of 10.6 and 10.7 on my machine? I have my Snow Leopard still installed on a spearate drive in the machine; does Apache load the php from there?
> 
> My PHP installer is supposed to switch the PHP, but sometimes it doesn't.  Possibly because the apache config file was altered in a way to break my grep.  System updates are not supposed to change the apache config, but it's a possibility.
> 
> You can try running the script manually from the PHP disk image:
> 
>  sudo /Volumes/PHP\ 5/phpenable.sh cgi5
> 
> then
> 
>  sudo apachectl graceful

Thanks so much. Although it didn't solve the problem, I checked again the php -i, and then the /usr/local/php5cgi/bin/php -i, as I recognized there were still two different versions. And suddenly saw that error message, mapserver which doesn't match the cairo framework. I guess that after the first installation a few weeks ago, I newly installed mapserver; but the version had changed meanwhile, and required another Cairo version too. Gosh, complicated this stuff. Now, it works. Thanks to everybody for the useful tips!

Stef