Posted by Captain Dondo on 01/09/06 12:08

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?"

>
> 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.

>
> 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...

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