PHP upgrade for 10.3.7 Server

Hello,

I just found this forum in the Peachpit Press Panther Server book that I received today.

After using macs for web development for years I finally purchased an xserve in the hopes of ditching my redhat server.

I need some PHP extensions that the out of the box install doesn’t have and I am having a tough time updating it. The trouble is I would like to just update the php module and continue to use the GUI for apache. Most places that give PHP install tips tie PHP and a fresh install of Apache together. I also would like to learn to compile it myself rather than use a binary with a ton of other features I don’t need like the entropy’s (I have also had trouble with his binaries on 10.3 Server even though they work great on the client version).

I have been trying to use the directions on this site (http://maxo.captainnet.net/installs/panther/php/php_4.3.10.html) Ironically they work perfectly on the client but not on server. I get libz not found errors.

Anyway if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be extremely thankful. I am not so hot with unix but I am learning all the time.

Thanks alot,
mswimm