[FX.php List] Adding Libraries to FileMaker's Supplied PHP5 Environment

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Kevin,

If you're using OS X pre-Leopard, I recommend downloading and  
installing the PHP 5 binary generously built by Mark Liyanage at
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/

This is a PHP install in a one-button package installer. It doesn't  
get any easier than this.

Mark has not finished his Leopard version yet, which leaves me wanting  
for the moment. But the version for 10.4.x includes stuff not compiled  
in the OS X native install, notably GD.

Hope this helps,
Dale

On Jan 21, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Kevin M. Cunningham wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've learned so much from this list, thank you all!
>
> Now a quick question.
>
> While I have happily learned many new techniques using PHP, I have  
> been spoiled by always having the overall PHP environment given to  
> me without my intervention. First it was Apple's 4.3 build. Now I  
> have the PHP5 version installed by FileMaker on my webserver.
>
> Recently I have been going beyond classes like FX.php and the FM API  
> for PHP and looking at actual libraries (e.g., graphics libraries,  
> particularly the GD library). The instructions for using these  
> libraries typically say to recompile PHP and include the library in  
> the initial build line, because these libraries actually add core  
> functionality to PHP, they don't just simplify things by creating  
> tidy code blocks.
>
> Now, since I never compiled PHP myself -- FileMaker's version of  
> PHP5, for instance, just magically appeared -- I'm not sure how I  
> should go about rebuilding the library -- or even if it's necessary.
>
> So, say I wanted to add the GD library to my FileMaker installation.  
> What would I need to do? Is there a way to add it without rebuilding  
> the whole thing? If I have to rebuild, will that put me out of sync  
> with FileMaker's builds? And what is the rebuild command (does  
> FileMaker provide source, or would I have to take over the whole  
> PHP5 build myself)? If I don't have to rebuild, how do I go about it?
>
> Lots of questions, but of course I'm only driving at one core  
> question: how do I go about adding PHP libraries to my PHP  
> environment, yet stay in sync with FileMaker's provided environment  
> (if that's even possible)?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> --Kevin
> -- 
> Kevin M. Cunningham, M.Ed.
> FileMaker 7/8 Certified Developer | FileMaker TechNet/FBA Member
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