Re: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pfpro.php

Hello Justin, The notes system is currently down. I've added your note to the manual. It should be on-line in a week or so. Thanks, Nuno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meyer, Justin" <jmeyer@verisign.com> To: <phpdoc@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: [PHP-DOC] http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pfpro.php > Hi Guys, > > The information/documentation at the above URL is missing a small but > critical bit of information that may cause a lot of folks to be unable to > use this extension. I've been attempting to add a note there, and an > internal error is reported each time. > > If I cannot add the note at this time, would it be possible for you to > either revise the docs, or add the note for me? Below is what I had written: > > "Hi All, > > One thing the updated config notes don't cover is that you almost certainly > need to configure/build this extension as a shared extension -- Payflow Pro > is statically linked to an older version of OpenSSL, and if you try to > compile this extension statically into PHP, and then use it with ModSSL or > the OpenSSL extension, you'll run into segfaults and other interesting > problems. So: > > ./configure --with-pfpro=shared,/usr/local > > I repeat: If you do not build this extension as a shared extension, you will > almost certainly have problems! > > Once PHP is built and installed, you'll then need to modify your php.ini in > two places: > > One, set extension_dir to the directory in which you find 'pfpro.so', so > that PHP knows where to find the extension. > > Two, add a line to php.ini that reads 'extension=pfpro.so' (minus the > quotes!), so that PHP will always load the extension. Otherwise, you'll have > to call <?php dl('pfpro.so'); ?> at the beginning of any script you want to > use with Payflow Pro." > > Perhaps that's more information than necessary, but it covers the bulk of > the difficulties that people run into using this extension. If this > information could be incorporated into the PHP docs for this extension, I > would be most grateful :) > > In any case, thanks for all your hard work on making PHP's docs the most > accessible of any I've seen. Keep kicking ass :) > > -- > Justin M > Technical Support > VeriSign Payment Services > vps-support@verisign.com > 888-883-9770