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[P. Fawcett]

hope i don't sound as confused as i am.  not all questions may be
answerable here, but to set the scene:

i've tried to configure (on redhat 7.2) apache 1.3.26 w/ php4.2.2 &
mysql 3.23.51 source tar or .52rpm - whatever i can get to work.

1)  if i have php, mysql & perl installed on the sys, do i have to
include them in the other configs. ie configuring php --with-mysql? & in
configuring apache --with-perl.  or are these built in lighter
versions?  am i right mod's, ie mod_php is just a lighter version of php
& not necessary if i have php 4.2.2 installed?  or does that mod_php tie
apache to php?

i...
apache:
configure --enable-module-so
		  
mysql:
configure --enable-assembler --with-innodb

php:
(i'm thinking i don't need --activate-module=src/module/php4/libphp4.a
if not using php_mod, but rather the full php)
configure 	--with-apxs
		--with-ldap
		--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql 
	php worked if i source compiled mysql 3.23.51 which created
/usr/local/mysql dir.

but mysql would fail after config on: mysqladmin -u root -password
"new-passwd" 
err: mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost'failed error: 'can't
connect to local mysql server thru socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'(2).  check
that mysqld is running & that socket exists.  well it wasn't & it didn't

so i reconfig mysql with simplier 3.23.52 rpm, which would run thru the
config ok, create the socket, start the daemon, but would populates
files all over the sys and not create /usr/local/mysql dir, so without
php config --with-mysql (no path) php would fail syntax in the
hpptd.conf:  
LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so - "cannot load
/usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server:libmysqlclient.so".

2)  do i just eliminate in php config --with-mysql all together? & then
how do the mysql php interact?