Subject Re: [firebird-php] Making PHP aware of Firebird
Author Milan Babuskov
Scott Taylor wrote:
> OK, I added the line:
>
> extension=interbase.so
>
> in the
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> ; Dynamic Extensions ;
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> section, just like the example there.
>
> Now I get this. :(
>
> Your php installation misses the interbase support!
> Recompile php and configure --with-interbase[=DIR]
> or edit your php.ini to load interbase.so respectively interbase.dll.
>
> So where do I get this interbase.so file? It doesn't come with
> interbase or firebird, that I can see.

You have to build it from PHP source. There are many ways to do it,
here's how I do:

- unpack php sources
- go to ext/interbase directory
- phpize
- ./configure
- make

I evertything goes well, you should have interbase.so file in "modules"
subdirectory.

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