Compile apache 2.4 + php from source

Compile apache 2.4 + php from source

1. Requirements

yum install pcre*
yum install libxml*
yum install gdbm-devel 

2. Download packages

# http://mirrors.wuchna.com/apachemirror//apr/apr-1.6.5.tar.bz2
# http://mirrors.wuchna.com/apachemirror//apr/apr-util-1.6.1.tar.bz2
# http://php.net/get/php-5.6.38.tar.bz2/from/a/mirror
# https://www-eu.apache.org/dist//httpd/httpd-2.4.37.tar.bz2

# tar xvzf file.tar.gz- to uncompress a gzip tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz)
# tar xvjf file.tar.bz2 - to uncompress a bzip2 tar file (.tbz or .tar.bz2) to extract the contents.


3. Install Apache

mv apr-1.5.2 /usr/src/httpd-2.4.16/srclib/apr
mv apr-util-1.5.2 /usr/src/httpd-2.4.16/srclib/apr-util

./configure --prefix=/opt/apache24 \
	--enable-so	\
	--enable-cgi	\
	--enable-info	\
	--enable-rewrite	\
	--enable-speling	\
	--enable-usertrack	\
	--enable-deflate \
	--enable-ssl	\
	--enable-mime-magic \
	--with-included-apr
make && make install

4. Install PHP

./configure --with-apxs2=/opt/apache24/bin/apxs --with-mysql --prefix=/opt/apache24/php --with-config-file-path=/opt/apache24/php --enable-force-cgi-redirect --disable-cgi --with-zlib --with-gettext --with-gdbm --enable-pdo=shared --with-pdo-mysql=shared --without-pdo-sqlite
make && make install

cp php.ini-production /opt/apache24/php/php.ini
Update php.ini
include_path = "/opt/apache24/php/lib/php"
extension = mysql.so
extension = mysql_pdo.so

5. Re check

/opt/apache24/bin/httpd  -M
/opt/apache24/bin/httpd  -t

Update httpd.conf:
LoadModule php5_module	modules/libphp5.so
AddHandler php5-script	.php 
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
AddType text/html	.php

LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

6. Start service

/opt/apache24/bin/apachectl start

7. Troubleshooting

# Apache2: AH01630: client denied by server configuration
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ...
    <Directory "/var/www/html/example.com/public">
        Options MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride all
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    ...
</VirtualHost>
# ..

8. Install php modules

# memcache
wget http://pecl.php.net/get/memcache-2.2.4.tgz
tar -zxvf memcached-2.2.4.tgz
cd memcached-2.2.4
/opt/apache24/php/bin/phpize
./configure --enable-memcache --with-php-config=/opt/apache24/php/bin/php-config
make && make install
Update php.ini with extension = memcache.so

9. References

http://dan.drydog.com/apache2php.html
http://moiseevigor.github.io/software/2015/05/18/apache2-ah01630-client-denied-by-server-configuration/
https://blogs.oracle.com/opal/the-php-quotconfigure-with-oci8quot-option-in-detail

In step 3, it's unclear in what directory the ./configure needs to be run.

It doesn't go through the PHP stuff, but these instructions actually work on CentOS 7: https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-apache-from-source-code-on-centos-7

The instructions are for an older version of Apache 2.4. Idk if they work for newer versions.