#32244 [NEW]: enabled iconv extension but got "undefined function iconv()" error

From: wellswang at auo dot com Operating system: FreeBSD 5.3 PHP version: 5.0.3 PHP Bug Type: ICONV related Bug description: enabled iconv extension but got "undefined function iconv()" error Description: ------------ enabled iconv extension but got "undefined function iconv()" error I build php5.0.3 on my freebsd 5.3 box, My configure command is: './configure' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-memory-limit' '--with-layout=GNU' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/etc/php' '--with-bz2' '--enable-calendar' '--with-zlib' '--enable-ftp' '--with-gd' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-mysql=/usr/local' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-sqlite-utf8' '--enable-libxml' '--with-libxml-dir=/usr/local' '--enable-spl' '--with-regex=php' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs' '--prefix=/usr/local' 'i386-portbld-freebsd5.3' '--with-xmlrpc' '--with-iconv-dir=/usr/local/lib' It say's configured without error: ......... checking for iconv support... yes checking for iconv... (cached) yes checking if iconv is glibc's... no checking if iconv supports errno... no ......... checking whether libxml build works... (cached) yes checking for XMLRPC-EPI support... yes checking libexpat dir for XMLRPC-EPI... no checking iconv dir for XMLRPC-EPI... /usr/local/lib checking for libiconv in -liconv... (cached) yes ......... By using php -i or phpinfo() ,i got : iconv iconv support => enabled iconv implementation => unknown iconv library version => unknown Directive => Local Value => Master Value iconv.input_encoding => ISO-8859-1 => ISO-8859-1 iconv.internal_encoding => ISO-8859-1 => ISO-8859-1 iconv.output_encoding => ISO-8859-1 => ISO-8859-1 I donot know the meaning of "unknown" but iconv support is enabled ?! ====================== When I use iconv() in my php program, I got error message such as : Fatal error: Call to undefined function iconv() in /http/document/root_osa/classes/blog_function.php on line 683 is it a php bug or my config problem ? Reproduce code: --------------- configure command : './configure' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-memory-limit' '--with-layout=GNU' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/etc/php' '--with-bz2' '--enable-calendar' '--with-zlib' '--enable-ftp' '--with-gd' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-mysql=/usr/local' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-sqlite-utf8' '--enable-libxml' '--with-libxml-dir=/usr/local' '--enable-spl' '--with-regex=php' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs' '--prefix=/usr/local' 'i386-portbld-freebsd5.3' '--with-xmlrpc' '--with-iconv-dir=/usr/local/lib' in php file: <?php echo iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", "This is a test."); ?> Expected result: ---------------- This is a test. Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Call to undefined function iconv() in /http/document/root_osa/test.php on line 2 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32244&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32244&r=mysqlcfg