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  • Swartz
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    Detailed explanation of PHP's ./configure

    Hi all.

    I'm building a development webserver (redhat-based). I'm trying to compile
    PHP (v4.3.4 if anyone cares) with all the features I might require in the
    near future. I've ran into a
    problem with trying to understand what all those ./configure options do.
    Some of them are fairly straight forward and need no explanation at all, but
    others are rather mysterious.

    For example, --enable-magic-quotes . What are the magic quotes? The PHP
    manual doesn't help - "PHP4: Enable magic quotes by default".
    Or --with-iconv, whats iconv?

    After doing a bit of searching on google I figured what the above two are.

    However, I find it's a bit time consuming to do this for each configure
    option I find confusing. Is there a resource that provides a detailed
    description of all/most PHP configure options?

    Thanks in advance.

    --
    Swartz




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    • CountScubula
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      Re: Detailed explanation of PHP's ./configure

      "Swartz" <swartz@inbox.r u> wrote in message news:<vusg8gqt6 3e8f5@corp.supe rnews.com>...[color=blue]
      > Hi all.
      >
      > I'm building a development webserver (redhat-based). I'm trying to compile
      > PHP (v4.3.4 if anyone cares) with all the features I might require in the
      > near future. I've ran into a
      > problem with trying to understand what all those ./configure options do.
      > Some of them are fairly straight forward and need no explanation at all, but
      > others are rather mysterious.
      >
      > For example, --enable-magic-quotes . What are the magic quotes? The PHP
      > manual doesn't help - "PHP4: Enable magic quotes by default".
      > Or --with-iconv, whats iconv?
      >
      > After doing a bit of searching on google I figured what the above two are.
      >
      > However, I find it's a bit time consuming to do this for each configure
      > option I find confusing. Is there a resource that provides a detailed
      > description of all/most PHP configure options?
      >
      > Thanks in advance.[/color]

      That you may require? then compile them all in, or if you are
      compiling the thr production box itself, then don't worry about it,
      when you need it, recompile.

      Mike Bradley
      http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

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        • Swartz
          #3
          Re: Detailed explanation of PHP's ./configure


          "CountScubu la" wrote ...[color=blue][color=green]
          > > I'm building a development webserver (redhat-based). I'm trying to[/color][/color]
          compile[color=blue][color=green]
          > > PHP (v4.3.4 if anyone cares) with all the features I might require in[/color][/color]
          the[color=blue][color=green]
          > > near future.[/color][/color]
          [color=blue]
          > That you may require? then compile them all in, or if you are
          > compiling the thr production box itself, then don't worry about it,
          > when you need it, recompile.[/color]

          Well, I see your point. However I'd like to understand what some of the
          options are.
          Just to add to the problem, I'm compiling PHP as a static module for Apache,
          so everytime I want to recompile PHP I'd also have to recompile Apache,
          etc...

          Posting here, I thought, someone must've ran into the same problem I face
          now and decided to create a resource for all others like him/her. I guess
          not...

          --
          Swartz




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