Does "--with-pgsql=shared" ever work?

[Anon]

For the longest time, I failed to build PHP w/ PostgreSQL support because I was using --with-pgsql=shared. Switching to just plain "--with-pgsql" solved my problem (with some help from LD_LIBRARY_PATH on a machine where I'm not permitted to recompile apache). None of the kind souls who sent build instructions to me used the "=shared" option. So I wonder if it's broken. Has anyone used it successfully with recent releases of pgsql & PHP?

I'd also be interested in a clear exposition of what =shared is supposed to do, if anyone could offer one.

Thanks,

David

[Anon]

According to the output of './configure --help |grep -i post' in the php 4.0.5 directory:

--with-pgsql[=DIR] Include PostgreSQL support. DIR is the PostgreSQL

So, I'm not sure where =shared came from, but it's never been an option I know of for postgresql under php.