I couldn’t find any docs on compiling mod_perl2 alongside php5 with apache 2.2, so hopefully this helps someone.
I’ve always statically compiled mod_perl into apache, but the easiest way to get mod_perl to play nice with PHP under apache2 is to compile them as DSO’s or dynamic modules that are inserted at runtime. I’ve tested this under Ubuntu 7 and CentOS 5.
At the time of this writing the server hosting this page is running with this config and handles a not-insignificant amount of traffic.
NOTE: I use a worker MPM with Apache to get the best possible performance. The worker MPM is a hybrid thread/process model. It requires that PHP be threadsafe when compiled.
Here are the commands I use. I’m assuming you’ve downloaded the latest apache httpd 2.2 source code, php’s source code, mod_perl’s source code and libapreq2’s source code. I’m assuming you’re smart enough to know when to CD to the directory of each app to compile and install that app, so I’ve left out basic steps like that.
First compile apache with DSO support. Enable the worker MPM, enable mod_rewrite, enable mod_expires, and add a little magic to make libapreq work:
./configure –prefix=/usr/local/apache2 –with-mpm=worker –enable-so –enable-rewrite –enable-expires –with-included-apr
make
make install
Now that apache is installed, compile and install a thread-safe PHP DSO . Note the enable-maintainer-zts compiles a threadsafe PHP. I’ve also added mysql support.
./configure –with-mysql –enable-maintainer-zts –with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
make
make install
Now you compile and install a mod_perl DSO.
perl Makefile.PL –with-apache2-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
make
make install
Next you compile and install libapreq as a DSO
perl Makefile.PL –with-apache2-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs
make
make install
Make sure your httpd.conf contains the following to enable mod_perl, php and libapreq:
LoadModule apreq_module /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_apreq2.so
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
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