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Posted by Justin Koivisto on 01/09/06 19:23
Captain Dondo wrote:
> Justin Koivisto wrote:
>
>> Captain Dondo wrote:
>>
>>> I am working on an embedded platform which will serve a small number of
>>> dynamic webpages. Right now we are looking at php+javascript with
>>> apache as the webserver.
>>>
>>> Do we need to compile the entire php tarball or is the php module in
>>> apache enough to run php? Similarly, what is the minimum configuration
>>> of php we need, assuming we only need to access flat-file ascii data?
>>
>> The first question is what is the embedded platform? (Windows, linux,
>> etc.?)
>
> Linux on arm, basically running a very stripped system.
>
>> If you are loading the php module for apache, you either have already
>> compiled the php source, or do not need to unless you need additional
>> features.
>
> I guess my question is: "If I have the apache module, do I need any
> other php-related stuff - libraries, modules, etc?"
Only if the code you write (or install) in PHP needs them. That would
then bring up more questions, of which the most important is:
Will the php code be embedded as well, or will others have the
opportunity to run their own code on this embedded system?
>> How do you plan on accessing the files? (which functions, etc.)
>
> All the PHP routines will do is read in a file, pre-fill a form, and
> then write out the file based on form submission.
Is this something similar to a firewall configuration? If so, then you
won't likely need other libraries or modules if the scripts don't need them.
>> I'm betting that you'd be spending most of your time deciding which
>> extensions to *disable* rather than enable.
>
> Exactly. I'm hoping someone has a guide out there on how to strip out
> all those things I don't need...
There won't be a guide as it will depend on the intended use (as per
above statements).
The way I'd go about this is to first compile the default configuration
and see what was enabled by viewing the output of php_info(). From
there, you should be able to "--without-PACKAGE" where necessary until
you think you have the minimum that your code needs. My suggestion about
this route is to disable no more than 2 or 3 extensions at a time and
test - especially if you didn't write the PHP code.
HTH
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Justin Koivisto, ZCE - justin@koivi.com
http://koivi.com
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