Thanks for your very honest assessment.

I have taken your advice and installed Debian. In a single late
night session, my application is now fully operational - after 2 days
plus spent in utter frustration attempting to configure Apache and
php under the Fedora Core Operating System.

Thank you,


M.C.

--- In firebird-php@yahoogroups.com, "Darren Thompson"
<dkthompson@...> wrote:

>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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