# Workarounds for PHP5 on Mac OS X

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/10675
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- Started by Matthew Boehm on 2004-06-21T09:56:53+00:00
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## #10675 — Matthew Boehm — 2004-06-21T09:56:53+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/10675#10675

Hello,
 The mailing lists site said this was the list for those who want to help
with development of PHP. I hope this is the right list.

I am running Mac OS 10.3.2 (Client, not server) and tried to compile
PHP5.0.0RC3.

Here is my configure:

./configure --with-apxs \
--with-config-file-path=/etc/ \
--enable-safe-mode \
--with-openssl \
--with-zlib \
--with-cpdflib=/usr/local \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local/lib \
--with-tiff-dir==/usr/local/ \
--enable-exif \
--with-gd \
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
--with-snmp \
--enable-soap \
--enable-sockets \
--with-sqlite=/usr/local

My first problem was with libxml2:

Configuring extensions
checking whether to enable LIBXML support... yes
checking libxml2 install dir... no
configure: error: libxml2 version 2.5.10 or greater required.

libxml2 comes with Mac 10.3.2 but its version is less than 2.5.10 (It's
2.5.4 in /usr/include/libxml2/libxml)

I downloaded newest source from xmlsoft.org and it compiled perfectly with
no modifications into /usr/local/lib/

Ran configure again, same args. New problem with cpdflib. It didn't come
with 10.3.2. Downloaded 2.02r1 source. Used the Makefile.MacOSX.

Compiled fine with no modifications and installed into /usr/local/lib and
/usr/local/includes

Ran configure again..same error. After many trials I come to realize that
the cpdflib makefile created a library called "libcpdfm.a"  instead of
"libcpdf.a" Note the extra 'm' in the filename. Looking through all of the
makefiles for other operating systems, this was apparently normal.

I created a symlink from libcpdfm.a to libcpdf.a and then the configure ran
perfectly. Compiled and installed fine as well with no further
modifications.

http://drmac.homeunix.net/phpinfo.php

Hope this helps in some way so others don't have the same cpdflib problem I
did.

Cheers,
Matthew
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## #10749 — Marcus Bointon — 2004-06-24T09:59:55+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/10675#10749 · In reply to: #10675

on 21/6/04 10:56, Matthew Boehm at dr_mac@mail.utexas.edu wrote:

> libxml2 comes with Mac 10.3.2 but its version is less than 2.5.10 (It's
> 2.5.4 in /usr/include/libxml2/libxml)
> 
> I downloaded newest source from xmlsoft.org and it compiled perfectly with
> no modifications into /usr/local/lib/

Just FYI, libxml2 2.6.7-2 is the release currently supported in fink, so you
can also install it by just going 'fink install libxml2'

Marcus
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