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Can you tell us, on which platform you intend to install this? <br />
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You can download the complete PHP4 package from the PHP site. 
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Can you tell us, on which platform you intend to install this?

You can download the complete PHP4 package from the PHP site.

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I'm putting on CentOS 5.2 LAMP that has php 5 installed.<br />
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I know I can get it from the php site, but do I need to 'compile' it for cgi, or... just use the yum install, is there a difference?
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I'm putting on CentOS 5.2 LAMP that has php 5 installed.

I know I can get it from the php site, but do I need to 'compile' it for cgi, or... just use the yum install, is there a difference?

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I need to put php4 on my server to work with an older site. &nbsp;I'll get it updated later.<br />
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Question: to use php4 as cgi, do I specifically need to compile it as cgi &nbsp;( I have instructions, ./configure, make, install (basically)).<br />
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Or can I just install it with yum and go from there.<br />
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I don't know if those do different things.<br />
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Thanks, Chris
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I need to put php4 on my server to work with an older site.  I'll get it updated later.

Question: to use php4 as cgi, do I specifically need to compile it as cgi  ( I have instructions, ./configure, make, install (basically)).

Or can I just install it with yum and go from there.

I don't know if those do different things.

Thanks, Chris

php, compile vs install, is there a difference?

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