PHP when I installed it with Slackware 8.1 didn't work. 
Mysql didn't work either but I reinstalled the binary and 
it worked. Now, I just dl'd the 4.2.3 source and I'm having 
compile issues. Apache does work for me. New version of 
mysql.

i ran configure as follows: ./configure --with-mysql --
with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs

then after not having problems with that I went and typed 
'make'

i ran into this problem

stub.lo: file not recognized: File truncated
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libphp4.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/php-4.2.3'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

I don't have a clue on how to fix this. Some help would be 
great.