there are issuses with firebird 1.5 and php on linux all i can say is
goodluck i wouldnt waste my time on trying to get it work i use debian there
is a package that is already made that one can use dont know if there is one
for fedora.

On 3/3/06, melvinhcox <melcox@...> wrote:
>
> [Main message previously posted to firebird-support]
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Addendum:
>
> The syntax I am using is:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/wwwroot/php --with-apxs2=/wwwroot/bin/apxs --
> with-config-file-path=/wwwroot/php --with-
> interbase=shared,/opt/firebird
>
> The following segment is culled from the config.log:
>
> int main() {
> isc_detach_database()
> ; return 0; }
> configure:49437: checking for isc_detach_database in -lib_util
> configure:49456: gcc -o conftest -I/usr/include -g -O2 -Wl,-
> rpath,/opt/firebird/lib -L/opt/firebird/lib -L/usr/lib conftest.c -
> lib_util -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl -lxml2 -lz -lm -lxml2 -lz -lm 1>&5
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lib_util
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 49445 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
> /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
> builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
> char isc_detach_database();
>
> int main() {
> isc_detach_database()
> ; return 0; }
>
> Note: The same behavior has been observed when attempting
> configuration using:
>
> --with-interbase=/usr/lib
>
> AND
>
> --with-interbase=/opt/firebird/lib
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I am attempting to restore connectivity between an Apache based
> webserver and a remote Firebird 1.5.x database server using php. Both
> the client and server run under LINUX (Fedora Core).
>
> For reasons beyond my knowledge, I am unable to configure php5.x to
> use the --with-interbase option.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Error Message:
>
> configure: error: libgds, libib_util or libfbclient not found! Check
> config.log for more information.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> FYI, my research shows a bug report (28750) for this problem was
> logged with the PHP Group in July of 2004.
>
> http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28750
>
> The bug report was, however, rejected by the PHP Group with a
> notation that the problem was caused by 'broken interbase .so's'.
>
>
> BACKGROUND:
>
> I have successfully reinstalled an Apache 2.x webserver under a
> freshly installed Linux (Fedora Core 4) operating system. All
> current operating system patches have been applied.
>
> Following firebird.org's documentation for a client-only install
> under Linux, I have copied libfbclient.so.1.5.1 from the server
> machine's /opt/firebire/lib directory into the /usr/lib directory of
> the client machine.
>
> I have also created chained symlinks using the following commands:
>
> ln -s /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1.5.1 /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1
> ln -s /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1 /usr/lib/libfbclient.so
> ln -s /usr/lib/libfbclient.so /usr/lib/libgds.so.0
> ln -s /usr/lib/libfbclient.so /usr/lib/libgds.so
>
> The firebird.msg file from the server installation has been copied to
> the /opt/firebird directory on the client machine.
>
> The FIREBIRD environment variable has been created on the client
> machine and ponted to /opt/firebird.
>
> Apache 2.x and PHP 5.x have been successfully installed and tested. I
> need now to add the --with-interbase extension.
>
> CONFIGURATION ERROR:
>
> In attempting to configure php to use the --with-interbase option, I
> have repeatedly hit the following error:
>
> configure: error: libgds, libib_util or libfbclient not found! Check
> config.log for more information.
>
> NEED:
>
> I have been unable to resolve or to workaround this problem. I've
> literally tried 'everything' (including twice reinstalling the
> operating system and all patches), over a 24+ hour period...
>
> I am deeply appreciative of any expert assistance that can be lent in
> resolving this issue (and educating this user).
>
> The previous installation done 2+ years ago, compiled without
> difficulty.
>
>
> Thanks....
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]