need "--with-soap" but how?

[jvanv8]

I have a linux machine that does not list "--with-soap" in the phpinfo() output and also fails when trying to use Soap calls.

How can I enable SOAP? I have heard that you need to use the "--with-soap" parameter in the "configure" command but the machine already has PHP installed.

I did modify the php.ini with the line:
extension=php_soap.dll
but that didn't help anything even after restarting apache. (maybe it only works for Windows?)

Do I need to run this "configure" command? How do I do this? Should copy and paste the original configure parameters from the phpinfo then just tack on a "--with-soap"?

Which directory do I run the configure command?

Thanks
J

[scrupul0us]

what version of linux and php?

you might have to completely rebuild php from source

now if u have ubuntu, i know i can just go apt-get install php-soap and it will install soap... but as i said, you might have to recompile it all from source again

[Installer]

You may also want to consult the manual. It says, in part:

Prerequisite knowledge and software for compiling:

Basic Unix skills (being able to operate "make" and a C compiler)
An ANSI C compiler
flex: Version 2.5.4
bison: Version 1.28 (preferred), 1.35, or 1.75
A web server
Any module specific components (such as gd, pdf libs, etc.)

[scrupul0us]

and in addition... if ind its best to just compile php with everything u can find for it (within reason)
.. e.g when i installed it in ubuntu, i took a look at the package list for php modules and anything that looked relevant to what i do i installed with php... i may never use it, but in case i need to, itll be there

[jvanv8]

I have PHP 5.2.0, Apache 1.3.37, Fedora Core 6.

I ran "pear install soap" earlier but I got the error:

Failed to download pear/soap within preferred state "stable", latest release is version 0.10.1, stability "beta", use "channel://pear.php.net/soap-0.10.1" to installCannot initialize 'soap', invalid or missing package file
Package "soap" is not valid
install failed

Instead, I was able to install the beta version (as I discovered on a post where someone had the same problem) so now I have:
SOAP 0.9.4 beta
But installing it did not change anything.

I do not have ubuntu but I do have Yum, can I use yum in this situation?
If not, and I have to run the compile command, do I just run the command with the old options + the new ones... or do have have do a "make" command or something of that nature?

[jvanv8]

So basically what I need to know is how you "reconfigure" php after it has already been installed.

Do I just go to the php directory and do this

>./configure (with options here)
make
install

or do I have to uninstall php first? (not sure how I would do that)

[scrupul0us]

well u have to download the source... available at php.net... unpack it and then basically what you just said

./configure options
make
make install

now... to make this easier on you, do a phpinfo() to get your current config string and then just tack the soap portion on to the end and it will rebuild php with everything u had before PLUS soap