[X-Unix] compiling php

[Eric F Crist]

On May 27, 2008, at 6:12 AM, Eric F Crist wrote:

> The module is ignored because you need to add it to the PHP  
> Extensions config file. Add it there and I'm sure you'll be fine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giovanni Cutolo <cutolo at unina.it>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to compile php 5.2.6 on my MacBook (Leopard), since I need
> the pgsql module that is not in the php build shipped by Apple (why?,
> if I may ask). So I try with
>
...

> that is: compiling the module itself (using the source of php 5.2.5)
> and then moving it to the appropriate (?) location in the pre-existing
> installation of php. No avail: the module is simply ignored.


To elaborate from my earlier email, I found this is /private/etc/ 
php.ini.default, about 50% of the way down:

; If you wish to have an extension loaded automatically, use the  
following
; syntax:
;
;   extension=modulename.extension
;
; For example, on Windows:
;
;   extension=msql.dll
;
; ... or under UNIX:
;
;   extension=msql.so
;
; Note that it should be the name of the module only; no directory  
information
; needs to go here.  Specify the location of the extension with the
; extension_dir directive above.

That file, in it's entirety, is a good read for configuring PHP.   
You'll need to make sure your module gets loaded in the correct  
location, as well as adding the appropriate extension=foo line.

HTH

-----
Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks