PHP5 & PHP4 Hosting Options

[djspark]

To Quote http://www.iniquinet.com/php5_hosting.php

PHP5 is here!

Stay on the cutting edge of web technology with PHP5. We stay up to date with the latest releases!

We can convert your entire webspace to PHP5 or you may optionally have PHP4 + PHP5 support in the same webspace. (Files with the .php extension are processed by PHP4 while .php5 files are processed by PHP5) This is the ultimate development platform! If you're looking for the incredible power of Fantastico and cPanel with PHP5, we highly suggest you check out our cPanel hosting site A2 Web Hosting. We're one of the first to offer Fantastico, cPanel, PHP4, PHP5 and incredible support all in one package.

We are also happy to install any other PHP modules or other extensions you need as long as they don't affect server stability and security. These will be handled on a case by case basis. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Add a MySQL or Postgres database for a truly comprehensive development environment!

Hint: When you sign up, ask for PHP 5 to be enabled for your account. Otherwise PHP 4 will be the default.

How is this sort of setup possible in cpanel? This sounds like a great stepping stone to get users moving towards PHP5 without killing all your php4 customers.


Mark

[dezignguy]

Use the search button on the top menu...

there was another thread recently that discussed installing both versions at the same time.

[DigitalN]

I have installed php4 + php5 onto a server for testing (both running as apache modules, rather than run 1 as a module and 1 as CGI).

I did this by installing a second apache installation onto the server with php5 configured --with-apxs=/path/to/apache_php5/apxs and installing mod_proxy into the original apache server, allowing only localhost to access the second apache install which runs on a different port.

This way, the users can test php5 in an apache module environment, as it would be when we install it instead of php4 ... if that happens, eventually.

[barwin]

I was the one who set it up originally for Iniquinet.com (quoted in first post of this thread) and did the same thing for www.a2hosting.com

Basically I did what DigitalN described. That's the best way I could think to do it since you can't load both modules in the same Apache, and running one as a CGI didn't seem like a good solution either.

[djspark]

I was the one who set it up originally for Iniquinet.com (quoted in first post of this thread) and did the same thing for www.a2hosting.com

Basically I did what DigitalN described. That's the best way I could think to do it since you can't load both modules in the same Apache, and running one as a CGI didn't seem like a good solution either.

Awesome, thanks :-D Would you have the time or patience to post up a step by step of what you did? I'm wondering if cpanel's apache builder will eventually go this route as they integrate php5 more.

Thanks,
Mark

[DigitalN]

Awesome, thanks :-D Would you have the time or patience to post up a step by step of what you did? I'm wondering if cpanel's apache builder will eventually go this route as they integrate php5 more.

Thanks,
Mark

I will post a How To do this at the weekend if I have the time - Unless someone beats me to it

[djspark]

I will post a How To do this at the weekend if I have the time - Unless someone beats me to it

Thank you very much! I doubt anyone will beat you to it since everyone else I talked to is under NDA

Thanks again,

Mark

[djspark]

I will post a How To do this at the weekend if I have the time - Unless someone beats me to it

was this posted somewhere else?


mark

[DigitalN]

was this posted somewhere else?


mark

No, haven't really had the time to think about posting a how to for this (and haven't had any offers of crossing my palm with gold to do it for anyone either ) but maybe I'll post an example install for you shortly.

[DigitalN]

OK, here is an example of how you can run mod_php + mod_php5 on the same server.

NOTE: This covers the installation where you are running mod_php - It won't work for people wanting to use phpsuexec and cgi installs of php.

Disclaimer: You are on your own, if you use or follow any of the following advice and you have any problems, you should be able to work things out for yourself. If you aren't competent in installing apache/php and solving simple related problems, then I would advise that you proceed at your own risk.

Ok,

If you have installed cpanels apache lately, cd to the directory where apache was installed and copy the buildscript to buildscriptphp5

Otherwise, reinstall apache

# cd /usr/local/src 
# wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/buildapache.sea
# sh buildapache.sea

Make sure to select the option to install apache, even if the version is the same.

Then when apache has been reinstalled and is back running, cd to wherever your buildapache is, could be /usr/local/src or /home/cpapachebuild

# cd buildapache

# cp buildscript buildscriptphp5

Now edit the file buildscriptphp5

Replace the following at around line 24

REWRITE="--enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite"

WITH

REWRITE="--enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite --enable-module=proxy --enable-shared=proxy"

I am assuming here that you will have built apache with mod_rewrite enabled, if you haven't got that line within buildscriptphp5 then add --enable-module=proxy --enable-shared=proxy
to the apache ./configure line lower down the script.

Now, to install apache as you did the last time you ran the buildapache install script, with the new addition of mod_proxy type

# rm -rf apache_1.3.33 mod_ssl-2.8.22-1.3.33
# ./buildscriptphp5

Assuming all went well and your new apache install has kicked up ok, check the following and add to /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf if you need to

Create a file to hold all the php5 enabled vhosts

# touch /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.php5.conf

Edit httpd.conf, make sure these are included and add the Include within your vhost section of httpd.conf

Within the LoadModule config

LoadModule proxy_module       libexec/libproxy.so

Within the AddModule config

AddModule mod_proxy.c

Then within your Vhost config add

<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
Include /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.php5.conf
</IfModule>

Then restart apache, watch for any errors

# /etc/init.d/httpd graceful

The above will enable mod_proxy into your existing apache installation, which we will use later on to access the second install of apache.

Right, now we will install our second installation of apache, this is where mod_php5 will be installed and running from.

# cd /usr/local/src

You can use this to install apache if needed, basically just download apache from your apache mirror or use the one that the cpanel script downloaded for you earlier if need be.
Just change the apache url (APACHE variable) or comment the download part out if you copy the files locally.

This will install apache into

/usr/local/apache_php5

using --prefix=/usr/local/apache_php5

Create the apache install script named anything you like and enter the following

#!/bin/sh
# Install apache for php5 - Make listen to 127.0.0.1 port 8080
# or a port of your choosing.

# Change the apache mirror to where yours is http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
APACHE="http://Your_apache_mirror/apache_1.3.33.tar.gz"

if [ ! -e "/usr/local/src/apache-php5" ]; then
mkdir /usr/local/src/apache-php5
fi
cd /usr/local/src/apache-php5
if [ ! -e "/usr/local/src/apache-php5/apache_1.3.33.tar.gz" ]; then
wget -c $APACHE
fi
if [ ! -e "/usr/local/src/apache-php5/mod_ssl-2.8.22-1.3.33" ]; then
wget -c http://www.modssl.org/source/mod_ssl-2.8.22-1.3.33.tar.gz
fi
if [ -d "/usr/local/src/apache-php5/mod_ssl-2.8.22-1.3.33" ]; then
rm -rf /usr/local/src/apache-php5/mod_ssl-2.8.22-1.3.33
fi
if [ -d "/usr/local/src/apache-php5/apache_1.3.33" ]; then
rm -rf /usr/local/src/apache-php5/apache_1.3.33
fi
tar xvzf mod_ssl-2.8.22-1.3.33.tar.gz
tar xvzf apache_1.3.33.tar.gz
cd /usr/local/src/apache-php5/mod_ssl-2.8.22-1.3.33
SSL_BASE=/usr \
CFLAGS="-DEAPI" \
./configure --with-apache=/usr/local/src/apache-php5/apache_1.3.33 \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache_php5 --with-ssl=/usr \
--enable-module=rewrite --enable-shared=rewrite \
--enable-module=ssl --enable-shared=ssl \
--enable-suexec \
--suexec-logfile=/usr/local/apache_php5/logs/suexec_log \
--suexec-caller=nobody \
--suexec-uidmin=100 \
--suexec-gidmin=100 \
--suexec-docroot=/ \
--suexec-userdir=public_html \
--enable-module=expires --enable-shared=expires \
--enable-module=so

cd /usr/local/src/apache-php5/apache_1.3.33
SSL_BASE=/usr \
C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/kerberos/include make
C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/kerberos/include make certificate
C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/kerberos/include make install

This is assuming redhat and that you want SSL to be enabled for this apache install, I haven't enabled ssl and you will need to figure that out if you need it.
If you don't want SSL to be enabled.
Enter the defaults or your details when prompted for the SSL cert details.
Do not say 'y' to having the ssl cert password protected, the one that is generated with 'make certificate' otherwise you will need to type in that pass everytime that you restart this installation of apache.

Now if the install went ok,

edit /usr/local/apache_php5/conf/httpd.conf

Change the Values and add as per the following

Listen 127.0.0.1:8080

#
# Port: The port to which the standalone server listens. For
# ports < 1023, you will need httpd to be run as root initially.
#
Port 8080

<IfDefine SSL>
Listen 8080
Listen 8081
</IfDefine>

Within the Vhost section, add

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8080

Assuming all goes well

/usr/local/apache_php5/bin/apachectl start

You should see

# ps auxf

/usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25971  0.0  1.0 16288 5616 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25972  0.0  1.0 16320 5436 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25973  0.0  1.1 16288 5620 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25974  0.0  1.1 16288 5628 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25975  0.0  1.0 16320 5436 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25976  0.0  1.0 16188 5356 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd

If not, then check the error logs for further clues

/usr/local/apache_php5/logs/error_log

[DigitalN]

Part 2

Ok, lets now install php 5

Download and extract php5 - www.php.net choose your mirror or download from elsewhere.

You can use the following to install php into /usr/bin/php5

If you need other modules included or get errors when the ./configure runs, you will need to install what you need or remove the --with-whatever from the script until the install goes clean.

cd /usr/local/src

Assuming you have extracted php-5.0.3 already into /usr/local/src (if not then do that)

#!/bin/sh
PHPVERSION="5.0.3"

cd php-$PHPVERSION
if [ -f "Makefile" ]; then
make clean
fi
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache_php5/bin/apxs --prefix=/usr/local/php5 --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/lib/php5 --with-xml --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --with-curl --with-dom --with-dom-xslt --with-dom-exslt --enable-exif --enable-ftp --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local --with-png-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6 --with-gettext --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-kerberos --enable-mbstring --enable-mbstr-enc-trans --enable-mbregex --enable-magic-quotes --with-mysql=/usr --enable-discard-path --with-pear --with-pgsql=/usr --with-pspell --enable-safe-mode --enable-sockets --enable-track-vars --with-ttf --with-freetype-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-versioning --enable-wddx --with-xmlrpc --with-zip --with-zlib
make
make install
if [ ! -e "/usr/local/lib/php5" ]; then
mkdir /usr/local/lib/php5
fi
/bin/cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php5/php.ini
if [ -f "/usr/local/lib/php5/php.ini" ]; then
echo " Review the php config /usr/local/lib/php5/php.ini .. then"
fi
echo " Restart apache_php5 /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/apachectl graceful"
cd ..

Now check that you have the following and add to /usr/local/apache_php5/conf/httpd.conf

LoadModule php5_module        libexec/libphp5.so

AddModule mod_php5.c

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.pl index.cgi index.htm
</IfModule>

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
    #
    # To use server-parsed HTML files
    #
    AddType text/html .shtml
    AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

Add any other extensions as needed, but those will do for a default install.

Now, restart your php5 enabled apache

# /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/apachectl graceful

Assuming no errors, you should see

# ps auxf

/usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25971  0.0  1.0 16288 5616 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25972  0.0  1.0 16320 5436 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25973  0.0  1.1 16288 5620 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25974  0.0  1.1 16288 5628 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25975  0.0  1.0 16320 5436 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd
nobody   25976  0.0  1.0 16188 5356 ?        S    12:40   0:00  \_ /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/httpd

Right now all that is really left is to add a Vhost that we will use for php5 usage

edit /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.php5.conf

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of the site, could be your shared IP.
Replace php5.domain.com with your sites - I have added an example here that will simply use a subdomain to access the php5 installation. If you want to redirect based on file extension say .php5 then you need to do something different.

ProxyRequests Off
<VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx>
Servername php5.domain.com
ServerAlias php5.domain.com
DocumentRoot /home/user/public_html
User user
Group user
ProxyPass / http://proxy.domain.com:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://proxy.domain.com:8080/
</VirtualHost>

Now edit the php5 httpd.conf /usr/local/apache_php5/conf/httpd.conf

Add the Vhost for the redirect domain - proxy.domain.com

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:8080
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName proxy.domain.com
ServerAlias proxy.domain.com
DocumentRoot /home/user/public_html
User user
Group user
ErrorLog logs/proxy.domain.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/proxy.domain.com-access_log common
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/user/public_html/cgi-bin/
</VirtualHost>

Make sure the A records are added for php5 and proxy as follows

edit

/var/named/domain.com.db

php5  IN   A   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
proxy     IN    A     127.0.0.1

The xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP as the same as you added in the apache vhost /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.php5.conf

Reload named

# rndc reload

Restart both installs of apache

# /etc/init.d/httpd graceful

# /usr/local/apache_php5/bin/apachectl graceful

Now make a test page

# echo "<? phpinfo();?>" > /home/user/public_html/testphp5.php

All being well

http://php5.domain.com/testphp5.php

will show up a phpinfo page with the php 5 installation details.

I hope this is a helping hand as to how you can do this installation - Good luck


References:

http://httpd.apache.org
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_proxy.html
www.php.net

[rgyure]

Just did the tutorial and it works great. I had a few issues with getting mod_proxy on my current apache install, so all I did was complied mod_proxy on my linux test box and moved the .so over.

If you want to redirect based on file extension say .php5 then you need to do something different.

Is there an easy way to do that? If so, what would I have to do?


Thanks for the tutorial.

Ryan

[DigitalN]

Just did the tutorial and it works great. I had a few issues with getting mod_proxy on my current apache install, so all I did was complied mod_proxy on my linux test box and moved the .so over.

You could try to cd the apache module src and install it like

cd apache_1.3.33/src/modules/proxy/

/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -cia mod_proxy.c

[rgyure]

You could try to cd the apache module src and install it like

cd apache_1.3.33/src/modules/proxy/

/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -cia mod_proxy.c

I got mod_proxy all worked out. I built mod_proxy off my test linux machine.

The thing I want to know about is this:

If you want to redirect based on file extension say .php5 then you need to do something different.

Ryan

[DigitalN]

I got mod_proxy all worked out. I build mod_proxy off my test linux machine.

The thing I want to know about is this:



Ryan

I've given you all a good start - You can work the rest out and modify to do as you need it to do, including redirecting based on file extension - There are a few ways of achieving the same thing, you could use mod_rewrite rules or something else, what works for you is the best.