PHP Installation & Configuration

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RedHat: Install PHP Module without recompiling

[root@linuxbox ~]# up2date -u php-devel

[root@linuxbox ~]# up2date --get-source php

[root@linuxbox ~]# rpm -Uvh /var/spool/up2date/php-4.3.9-3.9.src.rpm 
   1:php                    ########################################### [100%]

[root@linuxbox SOURCES]# cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/

[root@linuxbox SOURCES]# tar -zxvf php-4.3.9.tar.gz 

[root@linuxbox SOURCES]# wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.4.6.tbz2

[root@linuxbox SOURCES]# tar -jxvf ffmpeg-php-0.4.6.tbz2 

[root@linuxbox SOURCES]# mv ffmpeg-php-0.4.6 /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/php-4.3.9/ext/ffmpeg

[root@linuxbox SOURCES]# cd php-4.3.9/ext/ffmpeg

[root@linuxbox ffmpeg]# phpize

[root@linuxbox ffmpeg]# ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=/usr

[root@linuxbox ffmpeg]# make

[root@linuxbox ffmpeg]# make install

You then may need to add the configuration to load the module:

[root@linuxbox]# vi /etc/php.d/ffmpeg.ini

Add the following:

; Enable ffmpeg extension module
extension=ffmpeg.so

Then test php:

[root@linuxbox]# php -v
PHP 4.3.9 (cgi) (built: Nov  4 2005 11:49:35)
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies

You would get errors if it couldn't load the module"

You will then need to restart Apache.

Pear Re-installation of the Command Line Manager

You may come across a borked pear install. This should help:

lynx -source http://go-pear.org/ | php