$ mkdir /path/to/webroot/properties

$ mkdir /path/to/webroot/properties/views

$ cp /path/to/sphinx-0.9.9/api/sphinxapi.php /path/to/webroot/properties/

<?php
/**
* File: /path/to/webroot/properties/init.php
*/
// Database connection credentials
$dsn ='mysql:dbname=sphinx_properties;host=localhost';
$user = 'root';
$pass = '';
// Instantiate the PDO (PHP 5 specific) class
try {
$dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass);
} catch (PDOException $e){
echo'Connection failed: '.$e->getMessage();
}
// Array to hold variables to be used in views
$viewVars = array();
/**
* Method to fetch the contents of a view (thtml) file
* and return the contents...