problems while beginning with PHP

hello, everybody

i'm pretty new with linux & php, i have some problems:

1- can't make flash work on PHP, i downloaded the files libshw.a and
shw.h, i've copied them in /usr/local/lib & /usr/local/include
the fact is that the command "./configure --with-usf=/usr/local" is
not working, bash says that it's an "unknown command"
why?

2- can't understand why \t and \n from html aren't working with ECHO
in Php.

thanx

Paulie

Paulie wrote:
> hello, everybody
>
> i'm pretty new with linux & php, i have some problems:
>
> 1- can't make flash work on PHP, i downloaded the files libshw.a and
> shw.h, i've copied them in /usr/local/lib & /usr/local/include
> the fact is that the command "./configure --with-usf=/usr/local" is
> not working, bash says that it's an "unknown command"
> why?

1. The configure script must be executable
2. --with-usf must be a valid option

> 2- can't understand why \t and \n from html aren't working with ECHO

1. They need to be enclosed in double quotes, not single
2. They won't change the browser display, only the source code.

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> 1. The configure script must be executable

...ehm... caugh, caugh....
...well, how do i make the configure script executable??
is it written somewhere? i'm drawing inside the help guide and can't
find anything...


thanks

Paulie

Paulie wrote:
>>1. The configure script must be executable
>
> ..ehm... caugh, caugh....
> ..well, how do i make the configure script executable??
> is it written somewhere? i'm drawing inside the help guide and can't
> find anything...

do `ls -l`
you should see something like:
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root (size) (date) configure

If it is -rw-r--r--, then do a `chmod 744 configure` to fix it. However,
most packages that I have dealt with will make the configure script
executable by default. If the file is not there, then you are either in
the wrong directory, or that particular package doesn't use the
configure script to make the binary. In that case, you will have to use
the Makefile provided by using `make`, or do it manually with gcc. There
is almost certainly a file describing the build process for the package.
Most will have a file called 'INSTALL'

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