Using the PHP build system

In this chapter we’ll explain how to use the PHP build system to compile both itself and additional extensions. This chapter will not yet be concerned with writing your own autoconf build instructions and only explain how to use the tooling.

Contents:

• Building PHP
  • Why not use packages?
  • Obtaining the source code
  • Build overview
  • The ./buildconf script
  • The ./configure script
  • make and make install
  • Running the test suite
  • Fixing compilation problems and make clean
• Building PHP extensions
  • Loading shared extensions
  • Installing extensions from PECL
  • Adding extensions to the PHP source tree
  • Building extensions using phpize
  • Displaying information about extensions