2. Downloading PHP package:

The source code for PHP is available at: 

http://www.php.net/downloads.php

In our migration scenario we used Version 4.3.4 of PHP, and the package we 

downloaded was 

php 4.3.4.tar.gz

.

3. Decompressing source package:

The following command decompresses the contents of the sources package 

in to a directory called php 4.3.4:

bash$ tar xzf php 4.3.4

4. Changing the working directory:

Use the 

cd

command to make the newly created directory your working 

directory.

bash$ cd php 4.3.4

5. Specifying the configuration options for the PHP source

A list of the possible configuration options can be seen by issuing the 

following command: 

bash$ configure   help

To see which configuration options are included in the previous installed PHP 

version, the PHP function 

phpinfo()

 can be invoked out of a Web page file. In 

the third section of the PHP information, the included configuration 

commands are listed as shown in Figure 4 5. To include all these commands, 

copy and paste them into the configure command and add the 

  with ibm db2

 option. Also include the 

  with apxs

 option if not present yet.

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