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Introduction to PECL Installations» PECL is a repository of PHP extensions that are made available via the » PEAR packaging system. This section of the manual is intended to demonstrate how to obtain and install PECL extensions.
These instructions assume A shared extension must be built, installed, and loaded to be useful. The methods described below provide various instructions on how to build and install the extensions, but they do not automatically load them. Extensions can be loaded by adding an extension directive to the php.ini file or through the use of the dl function. When building PHP modules, it's important to have known-good versions of the required tools (autoconf, automake, libtool, etc.). See the » Anonymous Git Instructions for details on the required tools and required versions. |