issues with installing php4 and FC4.x86_64

[Tim Maynard]

Purpose: to install PHP5 next to PHP4 -- using 2 apache2.x daemons
running simultaneously with their own php(4|5).ini file on different
ports 80 and 10080 (persay) respectively on an FC4 dual AMD64 server
with SATA dirves. 
 
Need: various extensions and custom code to PHP4 not compatible with
PHP5 that are required functionality to the primary site which has been
updated to PHP5 for added features and functionality (mysqli and such).
 
Possible scenarios already conceived: 
- place a second web server into the DMZ to add the deprecated
functionality back into the internal websites that was identical to what
was replaced (ms-2kp, iis5, php4) and cringe in fear from the
security/stability issues this will put back on the network.
- place a second web server into the DMZ that has the earlier version of
the applications to return the deprecated functionality on a linux
equivalent to the aforementioned replaced server.
+ [chosen] use the new FC4 server (which has a little muscle to spare
for this activity) run a second web service that uses a piggy-back
install of PHP4 instead of the default PHP5.
 
Issues: the PHP4 module not available for yum installation on FC4 with
the default repositories, thus custom install of source code. the
configure script included with the PHP4 source code look ONLY at the lib
directories and none of the lib64 paths on the x86_64 platform for the
needed extensions: gd, jpeg, png, ttf, ming, ... and the list goes on,
but Ming and its supporting extensions are the primary factor.
 
Status: I am over halfway through rewriting the configure script myself
to look through both the lib and lib64 directories for the desired
files. I am fretful of possible conflicts though from some 32-bit and
some 64-bit libraries being loaded into the lingle php binary.
 
Question(s): Is there already a fc4.x86_64.src.rpm out there for PHP4
somewhere that would ease my pain? Is there a howto/tutorial already
written somewhere that i can follow easier than greying more hairs than
i have to over finding each shell-conditional and appending more
advanced logic then may be necessary? Can someone come here and install
it for me so i can have a beer instead?
 
--Kit DeKat
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