Re: Compiling PHP Source guides

rogerk@queernet.org wrote:

Quoting Donald Tyler <dtyler@frazerbilt.com>:

I did RTFM. The exact page you linked to in fact: QUOTE: Requirements In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP with support for the mysqli extension. END QUOTE That is the whole point of my request. I need a guide explaining *how* to compile the PHP Source.

The directions to compile the PHP source *are* on the page at http://us4.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php -- you compile it using the "make" steps in the directions there. (But it seems the problem is that you don't recognize those as compilation instructions, which is understandable if you're a newbie. The page also says that

    Basic Unix skills (being able to operate "make" and a C compiler)

are a prerequisite, so you probably should find a person you can rely on to deliver those skills repeatably or teach them to you, which is not something you really get from a mailing list. Get a good intor Unix book. After all, you wouldn't expect that if you subscribed to a heart surgery mailing list and said "I'm a complete newbie -- can you tell me how to do a quadruple bypass?" someone would step you through it? Yes, there are differences in degree, but...! :) OK, I guess I'll try to read the instructions again. I *have* tried reading them on multiple occasions but its just greek to me.

I do have a rudimentary knowledge of *nix stuff and am very computer literate, but most of the programming I have done is with scripting languages such as Actionscript, Javascript, PHP etc. I realy have no idea about compiling source code. I was just hoping for something in laymans terms I guess... Thanks for your responses. Wish me luck.