Re: stupid question...compiling php

blackwater dev wrote: > Ok, doing that now and it's taking a while. it might take forever. I made a thinko, it should have been: php -i | grep configure (it should be pretty much instantaneous) I can do phpinfo but that > tells > me the config line and where the ini files are, not necessarily where the > configure stuff is to recompile...correct? correct, other than the system libs (which you refer to for some configure options) - I doubt those would have change. which pretty much leaves the php sources - and this you can download from lots of places (you don't need to recompile from the same directory), if php was installed as a package you will not have the source locally (probably) and the chances are you'll be missing a stack of libs and/or development header files which you would then need to install (again this depends on what configure flag you're going to use) > > On 8/7/06, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: >> >> blackwater dev wrote: >> > Ok, >> > >> > I am using a hosted server and php is installed from the linux >> distro. I >> > usually have all the stuff in a php file somewhere so I can just go >> back >> > ./configure, etc. I can't seem to find the configure for php on this >> > box so >> > I can recompile but I know it is there as I can use php and see the >> > version, >> > how can I find the configure to use? >> >> php -l | grep configure >> >> or >> >> <? phpinfo(); >> >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> >> >