Posted by samudas on 11/26/54 11:45

If you're really paranoid you could set up another instance of a
webserver. Compile apache into another directory say: configure
--prefix=/usr/local/apachetest .Do the same with php: configure
--prefix=/usr/local/phptest. Copy php.ini to
/usr/local/phptest/lib/php.ini. Edit
/usr/local/apachetest/conf/httpd.conf and change Port 80 to Port 81 so
it won't conflict with your production server. Start the server and
copy the htdocs folder from your production site to
/usr/local/apachetest. Point your browser to http://yoursite.com:81.
You should see a mirror image of your production site with the new
functions your compiled in. Once you'r feeling confident then go ahead
and compile for the production server.

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