Thanks for your help everybody ! it seems that the "better" way i found is
cd <mydirectory> phpize autoconf ./configure make make install assuming that php is installed in the machine. I dont think the src are needed. Thanks for your help Michel Andrey Hristov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michel JORDA wrote: > Hi everybody > I Have to compile a library (namely, > a payment library) and the bank > release a .c source. Therefore I need to > make and compile it, but they > mention that > "you need to install the > php-devel package in order to compile"... > what should I download > - on > my macosx > - and on my linux > to compile that ? > Thanks for your help > > MJ > Hi, you may get PHP sources from www.php.net . Then untar in some > directory. Then you need to create the skeleton of your extension by > either executing ext/ext_skel.sh or using PEAR's module for doing that. > Then you need to edit your config.m4 which will be under ext/xyz/config.m4 > (xyz is the name of the extension). Then re-run ./buidlconf . After that > just use configure (configure --help | less should show your extension). > For compiling - make. Every time you change sth in config.m4 you have to > re-run buildconf. There is a way to build only a specific directory with > phpize but then you need to have this php-devel package or to have > installed from source with make install. > > HTH, Andrey -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php