Build and Install PHP Module and Package

pecl

PECL is a repository of PHP extensions. It's a sister of PEAR.

PEAR is for pure PHP packages, while PECL is for C extensions.

$ pecl install extname

# OR #

pecl install extname-0.1

phpize

phpize is a lower-level build tools to perform the build manually.

The phpize command is used to prepare the build environment for a PHP extension.

Basic Step

% phpize
% configure
% make
% make test     ;# optional
% make install

Misc.

Built for 64bit:

CFLAGS=-m64 CPPFLAGS=-m64 CCASFLAGS=-m64 ./configure

Multiple version PHP:

./configure --with-php-config=/path/to/php-config