Re: PEAR Extentions

Hi http://pear.php.net/package-search.php?pkg_name=fileinfo&bool=AND&submit=Search#results --> *No results found Can someone explain me where this pckg is ? thanks à+ -- bertrand Gugger *Toby Heywood wrote: > In short: > --------- > > I have downloaded the fileinfo module source and would like to know > how I can compile it for use as a PHP extension. > > > In Full: > -------- > > I am in the process of looking at IMP webmail and one of the > recommended pre-requisites before installing is that it requires the > PECL module fileinfo. > > The documentation suggests that the following command should install > the module; > > pear install fileinfo > > The message returned is; > > No release with state equal to: 'stable' found for 'fileinfo' > > I then looked at the source code for fileinfo after downloading it > from the pecl.php.net website. > > But could not find any documentation on how to make this into a PHP > .so extension file which can then be stored in the > /usr/lib/php/extension directory. > > Thank you in advance. > > Regards > > Toby Heywood > http://www.tobyheywood.co.uk/ >