Re: [PHP] 7.3.1 BREAKS COMPATIBILITY with the latest PHP4

I had this problem when I upgraded from 7.3.0 to 7.3.1.
I use RedHat 8.0. I do not have libpq.so.2 on the system.

I used the following command:

ln /usr/lib/libpg.so.3 /usr/lib/libpg.so.2 -s

Restarted Apache, and everything worked fine.

Tim.

Jessica Blank wrote:

>I am happy for you-- you got YOUR copy of PHP 4.3.0 working with YOUR copy
>of PostgreSQL 7.3.1. However, two questions:
>
>1) How can I do the same?
>2) Were you previously using PostgreSQL 7.3.0? If so, you most likely HAD
>A COPY of libpq.so.2 still floating about in /usr/local/postgres/lib or
>wherever... A mediocre and kluge-y solution at best. (So everyone
>installing PostgreSQL 7.3.x with PHP for the first time is required to
>FIRST install 7.3.0, THEN install 7.3.1 atop it, to get both versions of
>libpq.so? That would be a horrendous band-aid-ish solution. C'mon, we're
>all above that sort of rubbish. This is PostgreSQL, not Microsoft SQL
>Server. ;) )
>
>Can you show me the output of 'ls' on your PostgreSQL libs directory
>please?
>
>--Jessica
>
>On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, John Chapman wrote:
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>>The latest PHP4 (php-4.3.0) WILL NOT work with 7.3.1, since it (PHP)
>>>expects there to be libpq.so.2, whereas 7.3.1 only provides libpq.so.3
>>>...
>>>
>>>... I am really astonished that I could not find anyone else who had
>>>this problem. Am I doing something horridly wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>I don't know the answer. However, I do not agree with your assertion
>>above. Note the following:
>>
>>
>>root(at)db:/usr/local/apache/htdocs# psql -V
>>psql (PostgreSQL) 7.3.1
>>contains support for command-line editing
>>root(at)db:/usr/local/apache/htdocs# telnet localhost 80
>>Trying 127.0.0.1...
>>Connected to localhost.
>>Escape character is '^]'.
>>HEAD / HTTP/1.0
>>
>>HTTP/1.1 200 OK
>>Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 03:20:20 GMT
>>Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) PHP/4.3.0
>>Last-Modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:30:19 GMT
>>ETag: "20cef-0-3e39996b"
>>Accept-Ranges: bytes
>>Content-Length: 0
>>Connection: close
>>Content-Type: text/html
>>
>>Connection closed by foreign host.
>>
>>
>>
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