Compiling PECL extensions statically into PHP

    It may be necessary to build a PECL extension statically into the PHP binary. To do this, the extension source will need to be placed under the /path/to/php/src/dir/ext/ directory, and the PHP build system will be required to regenerate its configure script. 

     $ cd /path/to/php/src/dir/ext $ pecl download extname $ gzip -d < extname.tgz | tar -xvf - $ mv extname-x.x.x extname

    This will result in the following directory:


    /path/to/php/src/dir/ext/extname

    From here, PHP needs to be forced to rebuild the configure script, and then it can be built as normal:


    $ cd /path/to/php/src/dir
    $ rm configure
    $ ./buildconf --force
    $ ./configure --help
    $ ./configure --with-extname --enable-someotherext --with-foobar
    $ make
    $ make install

    Note: To run the buildconf script, the autoconf2.68 and automake1.4+ will be needed. Newer versions of autoconf may work but are not supported.

    Whether --enable-extname or --with-extname is used depends on the extension. Typically, an extension that does not require external libraries uses --enable. To be sure, run the following after buildconf:


    $ ./configure --help | grep extname
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