The following applies to Unix:

If you are crazy and DO decide to compile Apache with php4 (with mysql support) and mod_perl (as a DSO), make damn sure you use your own mysql library and header files. If you installed mysql from binary or source rpms, the required files are in /usr/include/mysql and /usr/lib/mysql, so you tell php: 
./configure --with-mysql='/usr'

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and it's able to find everything it needs. If you use the mysql headers/libs included with the php source, you may witness unexplainable segfaults when trying to use modperl DBI connects to a mysql server. Here's my build script in case you're interested... 
#!/bin/sh
#
# build_apache.sh
#
# -------install Apache using DSOs--------
#
# first, untar apache, mod_perl, and php in a common dir.
# my tree looks like this:
# /tmp/apache
#       |
#    ./apache_1.3.14/
#    ./apache_1.3.14.tar.gz
#    ./build_apache.sh
#    ./mod_perl-1.24/
#    ./mod_perl-1.24.tar.gz
#    ./php-4.0.3pl1/
#    ./php-4.0.3pl1.tar.gz


###########################################################
 
# prebuild apache for php
cd apache_1.3.14
rm -rf config.cache
make clean
./configure --prefix='/usr/local/apache'
cd ..
 
###########################################################
 
# build php
cd php-4.0.3pl1
rm -rf config.cache
make clean
./configure --with-mysql='/usr' --enable-track-vars \
        --with-apache='../apache_1.3.14'
# mysql header files in /usr/include/mysql
# mysql library files in /usr/lib/mysql
# (this is the default from an rpm install of mysql)
make
make install
cd ..
 
###########################################################
 
# build mod_perl
cd mod_perl-1.24_01
rm -rf config.cache
make clean
perl Makefile.PL \
    APACHE_PREFIX='/usr/local/apache' \
    APACHE_SRC='../apache_1.3.14' \
    NO_HTTPD=1 \
    USE_APACI=1 \
    PREP_HTTPD=1 \
    EVERYTHING=1
make
make install
cd ..

###########################################################
 
# build apache
cd apache_1.3.14
rm -rf config.cache
make clean
./configure --prefix='/usr/local/apache' \
            --enable-module=rewrite \
            --enable-module=proxy \
            --activate-module='src/modules/perl/libperl.a' \
            --activate-module='src/modules/php4/libphp4.a' \
            --enable-shared=perl
make
make install
cd ..
 
###########################################################

# fin

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In reply to compiling apache with mod_perl (DSO) and php4 by meonkeys
in thread Combining PHP and Perl by rodry

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