Thanks Nigel

I'll give that a go

Rgds

Peter

On 25 May 2005 at 8:52, Nigel Weeks wrote:

> Your distributon should have a pre-compiled RPM that just adds the Firebird
> module into your current PHP.
>
> Otherwise, it is possible to compile php, and just copy the loadable
module
> into the PHP module directory, and uncomment the line in your
php.ini.
>
> Steps are:
> 1.
> Start by finding the ./configure line RedHat(Fedora Group) used
when
> building PHP the first time - you can get this from the php_info()
function
> in a small php script:
> <?php
> php_info();
> ?>
>
> 2.
> Download the source for the version of PHP you're running(so
things have a
> better chance of working)
> Expand it out somewhere(doesn't really matter where), cd into the
directory,
> and just run the ./configure command you got from the previous
step.
>
> 3.
> If the previous one worked, and all dependencies are found ok, do
the
> ./configure again, but add the --enable-interbase=/path/to/firebird.
> If this works ok, and it can find all the dependencies, you're ready
to
> compile.
>
> 4.
> Type make. This will build PHP, but won't install it. Now, find the
> module(without the backticks):
> `find . -name "interbase.so"`
> It's usually inside an 'ext' directory.
>
> 5.
> Copy this file to your PHP extensions directory. On a Fedora
machine I have
> access to, this is '/usr/lib/php4/'
>
> 6.
> Tell PHP about the new extension. In your 'php.ini',
uncomment/add the line
> 'extension=interbase.so'.
> My Fedora machine has a directory in '/etc/php.d/' that contains an
> 'interbase.ini' file the above line in it - might be an installation
> specific thing, I dunno. Just letting you know! :-)
>
>
> You're done. Restart the webserver, and you should be away.
>
>
> (PS. On FreeBSD, do: `cd /usr/ports/databases/php4-interbase`,
`make
> install`.
> But people will run Linux...;-))
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: firebird-php@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:firebird-php@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter
Chaisty
> > Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 4:13 AM
> > To: firebird-php@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [firebird-php] PHP compiling help for firebird
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a working PHP4, apache on fedora core 3 and I would
> > like to add support for firebird 1.5x
> >
> > I see from reading through the posts that I will have to
> > recompile php with --with-interbase=/usr/local/firebird
> >
> > I have a few issues
> >
> > PHP4 was originally installed from rpms and has sql,apache
> > support built in etc which I need to retain How do I
> > recompile my PHP in this scenario ?
> > I could download PHP 5 and compile that but do I need to
> > remove PHP 4 first ?
> >
> > Is there another way to add support without recompiling ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Peter
> >
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