PHP4 with Apache2 on Gentoo

1. edit /etc/make.conf and add "apache2" in your use flags
2. emerge mod_php apache2
3. Edit the file /etc/apache2/conf/apache2.conf and add these lines
   

   LoadModule php4_module extramodules/libphp4.so
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
   AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
   ServerName "localhost"
   alias /@mydir@/ "@path@"
   <directory>
       Order deny,allow
       Allow from all
   </directory>
   

   where @mydir@ is the name you want to access from the internet and @path@ is the path to your the directory containing sources.
4. restart apache
   

    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart 

5. You should be able to access your page at: http://localhost/@mydir@/...