Configure options PHP

[freakysid]

I have only ever set up PHP as an apache module on Linux from the Nusphere bundle available at www.nusphere.com Brilliant bundle. Can't recommend it enough as a quick way of getting a server up and going. However, I now need to recompile PHP to include support for DB3 (the BerkeleyDB version 3.2). I have already recompiled my stand-alone php binary (so that I could test out the concept I was developing - see my posts in Server Side forum if you want to know).

The question is what configure options do you recomment for a good functioning php binary. I know of the obvious ones (listed below) but what else should I include or consider including in the configure command. So far I have:

--with-apache=/usr/local/nupshere/apache
--with-mysql=/usr/local/nusphere/mysql
--with-db3=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.2
--enable-track-vars

Anything else (btw, at this moment I don't need XML support - does it make any difference whether I do or don't compile things like this in?).

[freddydoesphp]

sid,

You won't want to use --with-apache if you are compiling as a binary. It won't make any difference which ones you compile in, just make sure not compile with server support, or it no longer becomes a standalone binary. A couple of configure options you will want to look at when compiling a binary are:

--enable-force-cgi-redirect

and you may want to include
--enable-sockets



In fact here is the configure command I used last week to make a binary.

./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --enable-xml --without-gd --enable-sockets --enable-track-vars --enable-trans-sid --enable-force-cgi-redirect

[freakysid]

Sorry, I got things muddled up I'm confusing things with this term binary.

1) I have already recompiled my standalone binary php server/CGI whatever you call it version that However, your configuration is interesting and has been noted. Any reason for specifying --without-gd ? This is an ancient linux db format right?

2) What I am now going to recompile is the mod_php version. This is more important to me and I want to get it micky-mouse!

[freddydoesphp]

Ah.. right right. I normally use ImageMagick for image stuff, so I leave GD off, I found it was huge pain in the rear to get everything installed that I needed for GD to run successfully so I just didn't include it. As for the mod_php deal here is my usual configure line

./configure --with-mysql=/usr/ --with-pgsql --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --enable-xml --with=zlib=/usr/local/lib/ --without-gd --enable-sockets --enable-track-vars --enable-trans-sid --with-curl=/usr/local

[freakysid]

Thanks for the reply. I am a goose. I just went and recompiled without including --with-db3=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.2 which was the whole purpose of the recompile

Regarding gd of course the image library (I was confusing it with gdbm database). Could you please explain what curl is? Thanks.

[freddydoesphp]

Its a library to access cURL functions. cURL is a file transfer program that allows you to make secure socket connections through https and pass data back and forth, it also has many other features. Check it out at
http://curl.haxx.se/