Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

In this CVS version is the same problem.

OK. This compile problem is fixed now. But I have the same problem - no libphp4.so module. After make install I have this error messages:
Warning! dlname not found in /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.la.
Assuming instaling a .so rather than a libtool archive.
WARNING: Cannot access /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.so : No such file or directory.
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
Now I have Apache 2.0.44, but the same problem is in 2.0.43 version.

Do you get any errors during 'make' ?

Also, when you use that minimalistic configure line,
what is the last link line like?

I did mean the one that has the "-o libphp4.la" part.
And don't paste all the .lo's..just say, 2 first ones.

btw. Have you tried this with Apache 1.3.27 ??

OK! I find this. The first line is:
/bin/sh /7/libtool --silent --preserve-dup-deps --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -prefer-pic  -rpath /7/libs -avoid-version -module -L/usr/ucblib  -R /usr/ucblib (....)
and the last:
(....)  main/internal_functions.lo -lresolv -lm -lsocket  -o libphp4.la
After this line I have warning message:
Warning: inter-library dependencies are not known to be supported. All declared inter-library dependencies are being dropped. Warning: libtool could not satisfy all declared inter-library dependencies of module libphp4.  Therefore, libtool will create a static module, that should work as long as the dlopening application is linked with the -dlopen flag.
In Apache 1.0.37 is the same problem as in 2.0.44 version. During compile I have error message about '_shutdown'.

Using what version of PHP do you get that error?
Have you or have you not been testing these using
the latest snapshot or not?

Above comment was about PHP + Apache 1.3.27

I have testing these using the latest snapshot.
Sorry my mistake, in this version during compile for Apache 1.3.27 I have any errors message expect warning message:
Warning: inter-library dependencies are not known to be supported. All declared inter-library dependencies are being dropped. Warning: libtool could not satisfy all declared inter-library dependencies of module libphp4.  Therefore, libtool will create a static module, that should work as long as the dlopening application is linked 
with the -dlopen flag.

Using the latest stable snapshot, run your configure line
and send me the generated Makefile and libphp4.la files to sniper@php.net

Sorry, I was in two weekly conferences. Now I return to job. I send the secend e-mail with Makefile and libphp4.la. I you don't receive this mail I put the files in ftp://itm.pcz.czest.pl/pub/php/makefile.tar.gz
Sincerely Apiotr.

I have testing the latest snapshot 200303261030.
The compilation process has fail with messages:
ld: INFO: text relocations referenced from files:
libmysqlclient.a (libmysql.o)
libintl.a (dcgettext.o)
UX: ld: ERROR: relocations remain against non-writeable, allocatable section .rodata
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake: ***[libphp4.la] Error 1

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

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I experience this exact problem too. I am on the verge of given up compiling PHP completely. My configure line is:

$./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs

I am attempting to compile PHP 4.3.3 on Redhat Linux 9. Before "make install" falls over it creates two files in my
/usr/local/apache2/modules directory:
libphp4.la
libphp4.a

However no trace of libphp4.so anywhere on my system.

I have no .so library, too. Using Suse 8.1

PI.lo Zend/zend_extensions.lo Zend/zend_hash.lo Zend/zend_list.lo Zend/zend_indent.lo Zend/zend_builtin_functions.lo Zend/zend_sprintf.lo Zend/zend_ini.lo Zend/zend_qsort.lo Zend/zend_multibyte.lo Zend/zend_execute.lo ext/readline/readline.lo sapi/cli/php_cli.lo sapi/cli/getopt.lo main/internal_functions_cli.lo -lcrypt -lsablot -lexpat -lexpat -lexpat -lcrypt -lhistory -lreadline -lncurses -lpq -lmysqlclient -lming -lm -lmhash -lmcrypt -lltdl -liconv -lgmp -lt1 -lfreetype -lX11 -lXpm -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lxml2 -lxslt -lz -lcurl -lbz2 -lz -lssl -lcrypto -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl -lcurl -lz -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lz -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm -lcrypt -lcrypt  -o sapi/cli/php

Build complete.
(It is safe to ignore warnings about tempnam and tmpnam).

# make install
Installing PHP CLI binary:        /usr/local/bin/
Installing PHP CLI man page:      /usr/local/man/man1/
Installing PHP SAPI module:       apache2handler
/usr/local/apache/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/local/apache/build/libtool' libphp4.la /usr/local/apache/modules
/usr/local/apache/build/libtool --mode=install cp libphp4.la /usr/local/apache/modules/
cp .libs/libphp4.lai /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp4.la
cp .libs/libphp4.a /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp4.a
ranlib /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp4.a
chmod 644 /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp4.a
libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /home/bk/dl/php-4.3.4/libs'
Warning!  dlname not found in /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp4.la.
Assuming installing a .so rather than a libtool archive.
chmod 755 /usr/local/apache/modules/libphp4.so
chmod: failed to get attributes of `/usr/local/apache/modules/libphp4.so': No such file or directory
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
.
make: *** [install-sapi] Error 1

I got the same problem, this is how i solved it:
When running the ./configure, the "libtool" script built contained the line
deplibs_check_method="unknown"
instead of
deplibs_check_method="pass_all"
Since i use a linux os and on linux the check for lib dependencies is not required, the value should be "pass_all".
I don't know why the script ./configure put the wrong value because after removing the config.cache file and runing again the ./configure, the libtools script was edited correctly... and make compiled correctly the libphp4.so

i have same problem on my Slackware 9, i have Apache 2.0.48 and trying to install PHP 4.3.4

./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-openssl --with-zlib --with-bz2 --enable-ftp --with-mime-magic --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --enable-sockets

compiling goes smooth, but make install doesn't:
Installing PHP CLI binary:        /usr/local/bin/
Installing PHP CLI man page:      /usr/local/man/man1/
Installing PHP SAPI module:       apache2handler
/usr/local/apache2/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/local/apache2/build/libtool' libphp4.la /usr/local/apache2/modules
/usr/local/apache2/build/libtool --mode=install cp libphp4.la /usr/local/apache2/modules/
cp .libs/libphp4.lai /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.la
cp .libs/libphp4.a /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.a
ranlib /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.a
chmod 644 /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.a
libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /root/php-4.3.4/libs'
Warning!  dlname not found in /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.la.
Assuming installing a .so rather than a libtool archive.
chmod 755 /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.so
chmod: /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.so: No such file or directory
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
.
make: *** [install-sapi] Error 1

Any ideas? I tried latest CVS and latest STABLE, but they didnt work either.

i fixed dlname error, by installing libtool package, but .so is still not compiled in .libs

Installing PHP CLI binary:        /usr/local/bin/
Installing PHP CLI man page:      /usr/local/man/man1/
Installing PHP SAPI module:       apache2handler
/usr/local/apache2/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/local/apache2/build/libtool' libphp4.la /usr/local/apache2/modules
/usr/local/apache2/build/libtool --mode=install cp libphp4.la /usr/local/apache2/modules/
cp .libs/libphp4.so /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp4.so
cp: .libs/libphp4.so: No such file or directory
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
.
make: *** [install-sapi] Error 1

ls -lA .libs
total 10308
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root     10532728 Jan  3 13:09 libphp4.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Jan  3 13:09 libphp4.la -> ../libphp4.la
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          848 Jan  3 13:09 libphp4.lai

Compila apache sin la opcion --enable-so y luego php con la opci?n --with-apxs2=/ruta del apache/bin/apxs (si es la versi?n 1 de apache ser?a --with-apxs=/ruta del apache/bin/apxs)

To compile apache without configuration option --enable-so and php with configuration option --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs

I have exactly the same prob of libphp4.so not found


Apache 2.0.28
./configure --with-apxs --enable-so --prefix=/usr/local/apache2048

PHP 4.3.4
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2048/php --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2048/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache2048/php --with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql

The apache is installed and work perfectly but I can make the make install of the PHP without getting this error:


myserver# make install
Installing PHP CLI binary:        /usr/local/apache2048/php/bin/
Installing PHP CLI man page:      /usr/local/apache2048/php/man/man1/
Installing PHP SAPI module:       apache2handler
/usr/local/apache2048/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL='/usr/local/apache2048/build/libtool' libphp4.la /usr/local/apache2048/modules
/usr/local/apache2048/build/libtool --mode=install cp libphp4.la /usr/local/apache2048/modules/
cp .libs/libphp4.lai /usr/local/apache2048/modules/libphp4.la
cp .libs/libphp4.a /usr/local/apache2048/modules/libphp4.a
ranlib /usr/local/apache2048/modules/libphp4.a
chmod 644 /usr/local/apache2048/modules/libphp4.a
libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /usr/home/work/php-4.3.4/libs'
Warning!  dlname not found in /usr/local/apache2048/modules/libphp4.la.
Assuming installing a .so rather than a libtool archive.
chmod 755 /usr/local/apache2048/modules/libphp4.so
chmod: /usr/local/apache2048/modules/libphp4.so: No such file or directory
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/work/php-4.3.4.

Compile apache without configuration option --enable-so and php with configuration option 
--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs

I have tracked this down to a faulty version of GNU grep.  You may have the same problem.  See my comment in bug 28496.