Centos – How to enable PHP apache_request_headers() or change PHP into an apache module

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PHP, WHM, and several other services are already installed on a CentOS x64 server I am trying to migrate data to. Many of my existing PHP scripts are dependent on PHP's apache_request_headers() function, which the current server's PHP configuration does not support. Apparently, compiling PHP as an Apache module is one solution, but are there other ways to enable this (without uninstalling PHP, reinstalling, etc., and all dependent services), perhaps as easy as modifying php.ini, somehow?

Best Answer

The Apache functions are only available if running the httpd SAPI, also known as mod_php.

The stock CentOS PHP packages make mod_php available, so they are enough to allow them. If you need a newer version than the stock packages then you will need to find newer packages somewhere, or you will need to build PHP or the PHP packages yourself with the proper SAPI.

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