<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configure PHP</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The Cacti Manual" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Installing Under Unix" HREF="install_unix.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Ports for FreeBSD" HREF="bsd_ports.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Configure the Webserver (Apache)" HREF="unix_configure_httpd.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="manual.css"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >The Cacti Manual</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="bsd_ports.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 2. Installing Under Unix</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="unix_configure_httpd.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="UNIX_CONFIGURE_PHP" >Configure PHP</A ></H1 ><P >Please ensure, that PHP support is either builtin or installed for the following PHP extension modules:</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >mysql</SPAN > (For configuration, see note below) </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >SNMP</SPAN > (For configuration, see note below) </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >XML</SPAN > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Session</SPAN > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Sockets</SPAN > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >LDAP</SPAN > (Required only when using LDAP authentication) </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >GD</SPAN > (Required only for some Plugins) </P ></LI ></UL ><P > You may run the following command to get the list of all available PHP modules</P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >php -m</KBD ></PRE ><P >Please verify, that the modules are installed and configured correctly. There are several ways to do so, please consult <A HREF="http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php" TARGET="_top" >PHP configuration instructions</A > for a complete description.</P ><P > We will continue using the most recommended way of configuring php extension modules. Please find the file <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/etc/php.ini</TT > and make the following changes to it: </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >extension_dir = /etc/php.d</KBD ></PRE ><P > This will enable PHP to find more configuration directives in that very directory. Other distros point to <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/usr/lib/php/modules</TT > instead. In each case, you should locate e.g. <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >mysql.so</TT > in that directory. </P ><P > Activate the <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >MySQL</SPAN > extension via /etc/php.d/mysql.ini </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >; Enable mysql extension module extension=mysql.so</KBD ></PRE ><P > Activate the <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >SNMP</SPAN > extension via /etc/php.d/snmp.ini </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >; Enable snmp extension module extension=snmp.so</KBD ></PRE ><P > If using PHP 4.3.5 or less include the following line. If using 4.3.6 or greater, you should remove this line if present. </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >session.save_path=/tmp</KBD ></PRE ><P > If you want to allow template importing, uncomment the following line: </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >file_uploads = On</KBD ></PRE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="bsd_ports.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="unix_configure_httpd.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Ports for FreeBSD</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install_unix.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Configure the Webserver (Apache)</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >