Building libpdf_php.so

[Anon]

I've been trying to get PHP 4.0.6 and pdflib 4.0.1 working. However, I can't seem to get libpdf_php.so built. I've been trying to get it built using ./configure --with-pdflib and from within the pdflib build, but neither has worked. Any help would be appreciated.

[Anon]

Did you try pointing the --with-pdflib configure option to where the pdflib libs and includes are?

{Just an example.)

./configure --with-pdflib=/usr

Also, if you wanted it to be built as an extension, shouldn't you use 'shared'?

(Again, just an example.)

./configure --with-pdflib=shared,/usr

I've never used pdflib now, I'm just guessing.

adam

[keithwilson]

RedHat 6.x
pdflib 4.0.1
php 4.0.6

I had the same problem. I did it this way...

in /usr/local/src
tar xzf pdflib-4.0.1.tar.gz
tar xzf php-4.0.6.tar.gz

cd pdflib-4.0.1

./configure --enable-shared-pdflib --enable-php

make

make install

remove links /usr/local/lib/libpdf.so.1 & /usr/local/lib/libpdf.so
and any links to libpdf files from /usr/lib

rename /usr/local/lib/libpdf.so.1.1.1 to /usr/local/lib/libpdf.so.1
then also copy this file to /usr/local/lib/libpdf.so
then copy all the files in /usr/local/lib to /usr/lib

copy dir and contents /usr/local/src/pdflib-4.0.1/bind/php/ext/pdf to
/usr/local/src/php-4.0.6/ext/pdf

cd /usr/local/src/php-4.0.6

./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local/php \
--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php \
--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib \
--with-tiff-dir=/usr/lib \
--with-pdflib \
--enable-track-vars \
--enable-magic-quotes \
--enable-debugger

make

shutdown apache here

make install

cp /usr/local/src/php-4.0.6/php.ini-optimized /usr/local/php/php.ini

edit php.ini as follows;

magic_quotes_gpc=On
register_globals=On
extension=libpdf.so

then restart apache

Bit of a carry on I know but it worked for me. The easiest way to check if it has worked is to look at a webpage only containing <? phpinfo() ?>