Recompiling PHP (is it necessary?)

ben_m_gunn

Hi All

I have PHP installed as part of my Redhat 7.2 installation. Unfortunately not all of the modules I need are installed. I am currently learning PHP and keep discovering new modules that I need.

Do I really have to recompile PHP each time I want to add a new module? The other problem is, I don't know which modules I already have installed. I ran phpinfo and get a string of options under the "Configure Command" listing. Are these all the modules I have installed, or are these all the modules that I can install should I choose to?

My biggest worry is that if I recompile PHP I might leave something important out such as one of the modules I already have installed.

Is there a way of simply adding a new module to ones existing PHP setup?

Many thanks, Ben

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"Do I really have to recompile PHP each time I want to add a new module?"

Yup.

"Are these all the modules I have installed"

Correct.

"My biggest worry is that if I recompile PHP I might leave something important out such as one of the modules I already have installed"

Copy the 'configure' command from the PHPinfo screen and add your own requirements to it.

It's worth a bit of time to check just what is installed, and wether you actually need everything that's installed.

Also, it helps if you make a script to recompile PHP. You're bound to make a few mistakes the first few times, and doing everything by hand once is cute, twice is not so cute, and by then 15th time you're completely fed up with it. 🙂

A forum, a FAQ, email notification, what else do you need?