Apache 2 + PHP 5 on Slackware 12

Installing Apache HTTP Server

• tar zxvf httpd.tar.gz
• cd httpd
• ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-mods-shared=most --enable-deflate
• make
• make install
• echo "/usr/local/apache/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
• ldconfig

For Apache to run at boot :

• echo "/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Installing PHP 5

• tar zxvf php.tar.gz
• cd php
• ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-config-file-path=/etc --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --disable-debug --enable-memory-limit --enable-inline-optimization --enable-magic-quotes --enable-mbstring --enable-track-vars --enable-xml --with-dom --with-xml --enable-sockets --with-zlib --with-gettext --with-pear
• make
• make install
• cp php.ini-recommended /etc/php.ini
  

Edit /etc/php.ini and do the following:

• change "short_open_tag" to On
• change include_path to ".:/usr/local/lib/php"

Edit /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf and do the following:

• add "LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so"
• add "index.php" to DirectoryIndex

Now, get back to your terminal and just run the following.

• echo "application/x-httpd-php php" >> /usr/local/apache/conf/mime.types

• sudo /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start

Done.