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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Compiling a new library
From: php@hristov.com (Andrey Hristov)

Michel JORDA wrote:
> Hi everybody
> I Have to compile a library (namely, a payment library) and the bank
> release a .c source. Therefore I need to make and compile it, but they
> mention that
> "you need to install the php-devel package in order to compile"...
> what should I download 
> - on my macosx 
> - and on my linux 
> to compile that ?
> Thanks for your help
> MJ
> 
  Hi,
you may get PHP sources from www.php.net . Then untar in some directory.
Then you need to create the skeleton of your extension by either executing
ext/ext_skel.sh or using PEAR's module for doing that.
Then you need to edit your config.m4 which will be under ext/xyz/config.m4
(xyz is the name of the extension). Then re-run ./buidlconf . After that
just use configure (configure --help | less should show your extension).
For compiling - make. Every time you change sth in config.m4 you have to re-run
buildconf. There is a way to build only a specific directory with phpize but
then you need to have this php-devel package or to have installed from source
with make install.

HTH,
Andrey