HP PHP won't start

[Matt Hearn]

I'm running the standard package of HP webadmin tools, and I SWEAR I had PHP (part of Tomcat, I think) running properly before. The other day I tried to run one of my PHP links, and my browser was forced to try and download it as a file.

So I looked at /opt/apache2/etc/httpd.conf, and the LoadModule php4_module was commented out. Weird.

I uncommented, and stopped and started apache, and got:
bede:/sbin/init.d> /opt/apache2/bin/apachectl start
Syntax error on line 249 of /opt/apache2/etc/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /opt/hpws/apache/modules/libphp4.so into server: Unresolved symbol: apr_table_elts (code) from /opt/hpws/apache/modules/libphp4.so
/opt/apache2/bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

If I search the forums, I see where some people had the same problem and installed a patch (I forget which now) and it was resolved. I installed the patch, but no dice, same error.

I'm wondering if something else I installed overwrote a library that PHP needs, but I dunno what that might be or when I installed it; this is just a box I use for light web hosting and testing, unless I'm developing something I only log in every few weeks.

Thanks for any help you can lend!!!

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Seems a bit strange.

Which HP apache port did you use?

I did the 2.10 install on several hp-9000 servers and did not run into this issue.

I think something has hammered php and reinstallation of the apache package may be warranted.

SEP

[Matt Hearn]

It was probably because I'm an idiot and was running the apache I built from source in /opt/apache2.

I did do the reinstall, and while checking to figure out where it put the files, remembered all about /opt/hpws. Apache started up fine, and my php files are running correctly.

Thanks for your help!

[Wilfred Chau_1]

/opt/apache2/bin/apachectl start
/opt/apache2/etc/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /opt/hpws/apache/modules/libphp4.so into server: Unresolved


You have two apache root, /opt/apache2 and /opt/hpws/apache

Try start apache from /opt/hpws/apache/bin