why can't I upgrade php?

[Robert L Cochran]

> Or from another machine you reference the the hostname in the browser's 
> address bar:
> 
> http://your.host.name/info.php
> 

I should have written (in place of the above):

"Or from another machine on the local network...".

That is, not from another machine on the internet. Not unless you have 
registered a domain and done the DNS stuff correctly. And if your local 
DNS isn't working, you won't see anything from another machine on the 
local network, either.


Bob





> 
> linbox wrote:
> 
>> Robert L Cochran wrote:
>>
>>> To answer this and your earlier query:
>>>
>>> The reason rpm failed is because you need to install all the other 
>>> packages that php is split into, too:
>>>
>>> rpm -Fvh php* php-ldap* php-mysql*...
>>>
>>> (correct the paths to the RPM files as needed.) In other words, you 
>>> freshen all of the php files, all at the same time. php-imap has a 
>>> dependency on php in the same version.
>>>
>>> In your document root in /var/www/html, is there a file named 
>>> info.php that has the <? phpinfo() ?> script in it? You should be 
>>> able to see the phpinfo with a standard install of both httpd and php 
>>> (provided, of course, that you have not incorrectly updated the 
>>> config files httpd.conf and php.ini.)
>>>
>>> It's very strange that you can't get this working from a fresh 
>>> install, so you must have made extensive changes to httpd.conf and 
>>> php.ini.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> linbox wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to upgrade to the latest stable php, and I get the 
>>>> following message with rpm -Uvh php-4.3.4-1.1.i386.rpm (even if I 
>>>> try the --force tag).
>>>>
>>>> warning: php-4.3.4-1.1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 
>>>> 30c9ecf8
>>>> error: Failed dependencies:
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-imap-4.3.3-6
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-ldap-4.3.3-6
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-mysql-4.3.3-6
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-odbc-4.3.3-6
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-pgsql-4.3.3-6
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-domxml-4.3.3-6
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-snmp-4.3.3-6
>>>>        php = 4.3.3-6 is needed by (installed) php-xmlrpc-4.3.3-6
>>>>
>>>> I get a similar error if I try to erase (rpm -e) the old php file.
>>>>
>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>
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>>>
>> Thanks, I downloded all the updates and updated to 4.3.4 with no 
>> change in the blank screen problem.  Googling around, many users seem 
>> to have the blank screen with php problem, but I have yet to see a 
>> post with a solution.
>>
>> I made only a few minor changes to the httpd.conf and php.ini files.  
>> I had backed up the original files, and I just restored them and 
>> rebooted my system.
>>
>> Still the same blank screen problem.  Something is broken somewhere.  :-{
>>
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