Php cli help

[Rick Stevens]

Enrico Bianco wrote:
> mm wrote:
> 
>>Can you help me more with compiltion.
>>I use to work with GCC bat not with make files.
>>Thanks,
>>mm
>>
>>Enrico Bianco wrote:
>>
>>
>>>mm wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am trying to run tests from mediawiki scripts.
>>>>On my fedora core 3 php is CGI.
>>>>No cli PHP binary to download.
>>>>Can anybody help me
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>mm
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>>Try compiling one from source.  It worked for me.  However, the manual
>>>is mostly concerned with web-based installations (i.e. the Apache module
>>>or CGI binary), so you might have to look harder for some instructions
>>>on how to do it.  I also recommend that you install the new PHP in a
>>>different place than the one you have now, outside of your PATH
>>>(otherwise the PHP from FC3 and the PHP you're building will conflict).
>>>
>>>Hope this helps,
>>>Enrico
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> Firstly, there are three basic steps to installing something from source:
> 1)  ./configure (to configure the build)
> 2)  make (to build the binaries and other related files)
> 3)  make install (to copy the files to their proper places)
> 
> The trick is to figure out the right arguments for the configure script.
>  One that you might need is --prefix=<some directory>, which allows you
> to choose the directory where all the files will be installed to when
> you `make install` (so you don't install over the PHP from FC3).  Beyond
> that, I don't fully remember the arguments that you can give to the
> configure script, but the README, INSTALL, and other related files in
> the tarball should be able to tell you exactly what you need to know.

90% of all "configure" scripts also provide "./configure --help" to show
the options _that_ version of configure understands.
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