ok, i’m at my wits end. no matter what i do, i can’t get my custom php install to work using symbolic links to the php binary.
i followed the instructions on the wiki for installing php and it works like a charm. if i copy the binary to my cgi-bin folder, everything works great. however, when i create a symbolic link (i want to use this php install across multiple domains), i get the “500 internal server error” message.
i have this in my .htaccess (in ~/mydomain.com/dev/ which is mapped to dev.mydomain.com):
Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
AddHandler phpFive .php
Action phpFive /cgi-bin/php.cgi
my php binary is ~/php5/bin/php and i tried creating symbolic links in various ways:
(from within ~/mydomain.com/dev/cgi-bin)
ln -s /home/myusername/php5/bin/php php.cgi
ln -s ~/php5/bin/php php.cgi
ln -s …/…/…/php5/bin/php php.cgi
none of these work. what am i doing wrong? man, i am SO frustrated. please help! anyone!
thanks in advance!