Download these packages to /usr/local/src then follow these line with cut and paste and your golden:

tar zxvf php-4.3.1.tar
tar zxvf apache_1.3.26.tar   or 1.3.27 or 1.3.28
tar zxvf mysql-4.0.12.tar.gz



BUILD/INSTALL MySQL

groupadd mysql
useradd -g mysql mysql

cd /usr/local/src/mysql-4.0.12 

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql \--localstatedir=/usr/local/mysql/data \--disable-maintainer-mode \--with-mysqld-user=mysql \--enable-large-files \--without-comment \--without-debug \--without-docs \--without-bench
make
make install

./scripts/mysql_install_db
chown -R root:mysql  /usr/local/mysql
chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql/data

echo "/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
ldconfig -v | grep libmysqlclient

-----Yeah your still going crazy :)  this one adds mysql to startup :)

echo "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local



cd /usr/local/mysql/bin
./mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
./mysqladmin version
./mysqladmin -u root password new-password (new-password is what ever you want your password to be to the database)




Build/Install Apache 1.3.26

cd /usr/local/src/apache_1.3.26
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache \--enable-module=so
make
make install
echo "/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

     


Build PHP-4.3.1 

cd /usr/local/src/php-4.3.1

./configure \--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \--enable-track-vars \--with-xml
make
make install
cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini



Add lines which read in /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf


Verify (and add if missing) these directives in /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf: 
# Make sure there's only **1** line with this directive:
LoadModule php4_module        modules/libphp4.so

# Add index.php to your DirectoryIndex line:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

AddType application/x-httpd-php php


# PHP Syntax Coloring (recommended):
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source phps 

TO START APACHE 

/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start




Create a mysql database:
The word "exercise" below being used in the comands is the name of the database change it to what your database name is going to be called.

cd /usr/local/mysql/bin
./mysql -u root -p
enter the "password"
use mysql;
INSERT INTO db 
(host,db,user,Select_priv,Insert_priv,Update_priv,Delete_priv,Create_priv,Drop_priv) 
values ('localhost','exercise','root','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y');
 now type quit
./mysqladmin -u root -p create exercise

to use remote mysql server after creating local above:
./mysql -u root -p
enter the "password"
use mysql;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO <user>@<ip>
    -> IDENTIFIED BY '<password>' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> quit
Bye