<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Connecting to MS SQL 6.x+ via Openlink/PHP/ODBC mini-HOWTO: PHP</TITLE> <LINK HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC-4.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC-2.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC.html#toc3" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC-4.html">Next</A> <A HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC-2.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC.html#toc3">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s3">3. PHP</A></H2> <P>Now we have Openlink and can go to PHP compilation. Note for this version, PHP 3.0.10 or above is required to make things work. <UL> <LI>From <A HREF="http://www.php.net/">http://www.php.net</A>, download <CODE>php-3.0.11.tar.gz</CODE></LI> <LI> Perform the following steps: <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> gzip -dc php-3.0.11.tar.gz|tar -xof - cd php-3.0.11 ./configure --with-openlink (--with-mysql --with-gd=/usr/local/gd1.3 --enable-track-vars) NOTE: My configuration is to run PHP as CGI mode, support mysql, as well. Your configuration may be different. make --silent NOTE: Don't mind if there are warning messages. make install </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> These will install php executable into <CODE>/usr/local/bin</CODE>. Before you execute php, copy the library files under <CODE>/usr/local/openlink/odbcsdk/lib</CODE> into <CODE>/usr/lib</CODE> to make it easier for php to find openlink libraries (I know there are better methods).</LI> </UL> <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC-4.html">Next</A> <A HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC-2.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC.html#toc3">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>