Installing PHP4 under WindowsNT/Unix
as NSAPI for Netscape Enterprise Server
or for iPlanet

1. Copy the php files on your server (I downloaded PHP4.0.4 from the PHP WebSite)
2. Edit php.ini-dist and rename php.ini-dist to php.ini
3. Make a file association under Windows NT
4. Test the 1st step

1. Compile PHP (UNIX users only)
2. Add a mime-type to the Netscape Server
3. Stop your Web Server
4. Make a copy of obj.conf located in: <path-to-netscape-server>/https-servername/config
5. Modify obj.conf
6. Restart your Web Server

1. The PHP site
2. The nsapi-readme.txt

1. Copy the php files on your server


• Get the php zip file
• Copy the php files under a directory (for example : d:\php4\)
  (be careful don't use c:\Program Files\php\ because of the space between Program and Files
• copy php4ts.dll to c:\winnt and msvcrt.dll if you don't already have it on your system
2. Edit php.ini-dist
• rename php.ini-dist to php.ini
• Edit php.ini : Indicate in which directory you have copied youre php files.

  (extension_dir = d:\php4\extensions ; directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.)

• copy php.ini in winnt directory (php.ini is parsed in my config)
  Matthias Kramer told me that he had to move php.ini to <path-to-netscape-server>/https-servername/config for it to be parsed
3. Make a file association under Windows NT
• In a DOS Window, type

  assoc .php=PHPScript

  ftype PHPScript=d:\php4\php.exe %1 %*

4. Test the 1st step
1. Create a C:\test.php file with a single line like

   <? echo("Nothing to write"); ?>

2. Create a C:\test.bat file with 2 lines

   test.php

   pause

3. double-clic on test.bat
4. If you see something like

   X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.3

   Content-type: text/html

   Nothing to write

   then the NT association works!!

1. Unix users only
   Compile PHP as follows:

   ./configure --with-nsapi=/usr/local/netscape/server4 --enable-libgcc

   make

   make install

   Add LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<libdir> to your Netscape server startup script where <libdir> is the full path to the directory where libstdc++.so.2.10.0 is located (usually /usr/local/lib)

2. Add a mime-type to the Netscape Server
   In the Netscape Administration console chose Preferences|Mime Types
   Add a new type called magnus-internal/x-httpd-php for exts=php
   Click here for screenshot
3. Stop your Web Server
4. Make a copy of obj.conf located in: <path-to-netscape-server>/https-servername/config
5. Modify obj.conf
There are several section in obj.conf

1. At the end of the Init section of obj.conf (necessarely after mime type init),
   place this two lines

   For NT users

   Init fn="load-modules" funcs="php4_init,php4_close,php4_execute,php4_auth_trans" shlib="d:/php4/sapi/php4nsapi.dll"

   Init fn="php4_init" errorString="Failed to initialise PHP!"

   For Unix users

   Init fn="load-modules" funcs="php4_init,php4_close,php4_execute,php4_auth_trans" shlib="/usr/local/netscape/server4/bin/libphp4.so"

   Init fn="php4_init" errorString="Failed to initialise PHP!"

2. In The < Object name="default" > section,
   place this line (necessarely after all 'ObjectType' and before all 'AddLog' lines)

   Service fn="php4_execute" type="magnus-internal/x-httpd-php"

3. Add a new object called x-httpd-php

   <Object name="x-httpd-php">

   ObjectType fn="force-type" type="magnus-internal/x-httpd-php"

   Service fn=php4_execute

   </Object>

6. Restart your Web Server
1. Test the 2nd step
1. Put the test.php file in the document root of your server
   
2. Then type http://server/test.php
If you can see "nothing to write" in your browser then it works!

1. The PHP documentation
2. nsapi-readme.txt
3. NSAPI or CGI ?
4. ShellCGI directory or CGI as a filetype