PLEASE HELP ME.. i AM LOST

ok so nobody will help me.. maybe I am not clear.
I have apache installed with mod_so.c

and now I am trying to install php4-latest.tar.gz

I do ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxsd2
and no make file..
help
what do i do.

I am giving you just my two cents. If it breaks anything don't blame me!

tar zxvf php-x.x.xx.tar.gz

Then, cd into the source directory and do a

./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-mysql

for a basic MySQL. If you want to configure PHP with additional options, do a ./configure --help this will tell you whats available

Then do the compile and install with

make

make install

Then edit the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file add these. Before you do that make a backup of the httpd.conf file cd /etc/httpd/conf/ then cp httpd.conf httpd.orig. Make sure you have the following in your httpd.conf file.

<IfDefine HAVE_PHP>
LoadModule php_module modules/mod_php.so

<IfDefine HAVE_PHP4>
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

<IfDefine HAVE_PHP>
AddModule mod_php.c

<IfDefine HAVE_PHP4>
AddModule mod_php4.c

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php index.php4 index.php3 index.cgi

<IfModule mod_php4.c>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4 .php3 .phtml .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
</IfModule>

this will tell apache how to deal with a php file

Finally restart the thing

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart