Chapter 16 . PHP Development 455 Figure 16-5:
Chapter 16 . PHP Development 455 Figure 16-5: Some warnings produced by the PHP configure script When you press Enter, the makeprocess begins. How long it takes depends on the speed and resources available on your machine. Tip If the make process fails this time, don t worry. PHP installation can sometimes be difficult; often the build fails because a library is not found. Normally you can get good clues to what went wrong by closely examining the last few lines of code just before the point at which the build process died. For additional help, try the PHP Web site s section of search functions and FAQs. If you re getting error messages like those in Figure 16-5, chances are someone else has too and there could be a simple fix. If the make process is successful, congratulations! 7. Install the software, using the following command: make install Normally this is the final basic step in the build process. You re not done yet though. In particular, check inside your Apache Web server configuration file (usually called httpd.conf) for some lines like those shown in Figure 16-6.
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