Compiling PHP 5 on CentOS 5 64 Bit configure: error: mysql configure failed.

If you are receiving the following error while trying to compile PHP 5 on CentOS or RHEL 5 64bit:

configure: error: mysql configure failed. Please check config.log for more information.

And in the config.log you see:

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so when searching for -lmysqlclient

Then add the following to your configure line:

–libdir=/usr/lib64 –with-libdir=lib64

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How to disable TRACE in httpd.conf

If you need to disable TRACE in httpd.conf, you can do it using the following:

# disable TRACE
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)
RewriteRule .* – [F]

What is TRACE (in apache)?

The HTTP TRACE method is described in the HTTP 1.1 standard (RFC 2616, section 9.8):

9.8 TRACE
The TRACE method is used to invoke a remote, application-layer loop-
back of the request message. The final recipient of the request
SHOULD reflect the message received back to the client as the
entity-body of a 200 (OK) response.
…
If the request is valid, the response SHOULD contain the entire
request message in the entity-body, with a Content-Type of
“message/http”. Responses to this method MUST NOT be cached.

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How to install mod_proxy on apache 1.3 on cPanel

If you are looking to install mod_proxy on Apache 1.3 under cPanel do the following:

1. Goto /home/cpin/installd/buildapache/apache_1.3.37/src/modules/proxy

2. Run this command
==
/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -i -c *.c
==
That will install mod_proxy to apache 1.3

3. Now edit the httpd.conf file and add the below entry to it.

LoadModule proxy_module libexec/mod_proxy.so
AddModule mod_proxy.c

4. Save and exit the conf file.

5. Restart apache.

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