Configure options

Misc options

--enable-debug

Compile with debugging symbols.

--with-layout=TYPE

Sets how installed files will be laid out. Type is one of PHP (default) or GNU.

--with-pear=DIR

Install PEAR in DIR (default PREFIX/lib/php).

--without-pear

Do not install PEAR.

--enable-sigchild

Enable PHP's own SIGCHLD handler.

--disable-rpath

Disable passing additional runtime library search paths.

--enable-libgcc

Enable explicitly linking against libgcc.

--enable-php-streams

Include experimental PHP streams. Do not use unless you are testing the code!

--with-zlib-dir[=DIR]

Define the location of zlib install directory.

--enable-trans-sid

Enable transparent session id propagation. Only valid for PHP 4.1.2 or less. From PHP 4.2.0, trans-sid feature is always compiled.

--with-tsrm-pthreads

Use POSIX threads (default).

--enable-shared[=PKGS]

Build shared libraries [default=yes].

--enable-static[=PKGS]

Build static libraries [default=yes].

--enable-fast-install[=PKGS]

Optimize for fast installation [default=yes].

--with-gnu-ld

Assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no].

--disable-libtool-lock

Avoid locking (might break parallel builds).

--with-pic

Try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use both].

--enable-memory-limit

Compile with memory limit support. (not available since PHP 5.2.1 - always enabled)

--disable-url-fopen-wrapper

Disable the URL-aware fopen wrapper that allows accessing files via HTTP or FTP. (not available since PHP 5.2.5)

--enable-versioning

Export only required symbols. See INSTALL for more information.

PHP options

--enable-maintainer-mode

Enable make rules and dependencies not useful (and sometimes confusing) to the casual installer.

--with-config-file-path=PATH

Sets the path in which to look for php.ini, defaults to PREFIX/lib.

--enable-safe-mode

Enable safe mode by default.

--with-exec-dir[=DIR]

Only allow executables in DIR when in safe mode defaults to /usr/local/php/bin.

--enable-magic-quotes

Enable magic quotes by default.

--disable-short-tags

Disable the short-form <? start tag by default.

SAPI options

The following list contains the available SAPI&s (Server Application Programming Interface) for PHP.

--with-aolserver=DIR

Specify path to the installed AOLserver.

--with-apxs[=FILE]

Build shared Apache module. FILE is the optional pathname to the Apache apxs tool; defaults to apxs. Make sure you specify the version of apxs that is actually installed on your system and NOT the one that is in the apache source tarball.

--with-apache[=DIR]

Build a static Apache module. DIR is the top-level Apache build directory, defaults to /usr/local/apache.

--with-mod_charset

Enable transfer tables for mod_charset (Russian Apache).

--with-apxs2[=FILE]

Build shared Apache 2.0 module. FILE is the optional pathname to the Apache apxs tool; defaults to apxs.

--with-caudium=DIR

Build PHP as a Pike module for use with Caudium. DIR is the Caudium server dir, with the default value /usr/local/caudium/server.

--disable-cli

Available with PHP 4.3.0. Disable building the CLI version of PHP (this forces --without-pear). More information is available in the section about Using PHP from the command line.

--enable-embed[=TYPE]

Enable building of the embedded SAPI library. TYPE is either shared or static, which defaults to shared. Available with PHP 4.3.0.

--with-fhttpd[=DIR]

Build fhttpd module. DIR is the fhttpd sources directory, defaults to /usr/local/src/fhttpd. No longer available as of PHP 4.3.0.

--with-isapi=DIR

Build PHP as an ISAPI module for use with Zeus.

--with-nsapi=DIR

Specify path to the installed Netscape/iPlanet/SunONE Webserver.

--with-phttpd=DIR

No information yet.

--with-pi3web=DIR

Build PHP as a module for use with Pi3Web.

--with-roxen=DIR

Build PHP as a Pike module. DIR is the base Roxen directory, normally /usr/local/roxen/server.

--enable-roxen-zts

Build the Roxen module using Zend Thread Safety.

--with-servlet[=DIR]

Include servlet support. DIR is the base install directory for the JSDK. This SAPI requires the java extension must be built as a shared dl.

--with-thttpd=SRCDIR

Build PHP as thttpd module.

--with-tux=MODULEDIR

Build PHP as a TUX module (Linux only).

--with-webjames=SRCDIR

Build PHP as a WebJames module (RISC OS only)

--disable-cgi

Disable building CGI version of PHP. Available with PHP 4.3.0.

--enable-force-cgi-redirect

Enable the security check for internal server redirects. You should use this if you are running the CGI version with Apache.

--enable-discard-path

If this is enabled, the PHP CGI binary can safely be placed outside of the web tree and people will not be able to circumvent .htaccess security.

--with-fastcgi

Build PHP as FastCGI application. No longer available as of PHP 4.3.0, instead you should use --enable-fastcgi.

--enable-fastcgi

If this is enabled, the CGI module will be built with support for FastCGI also. Available since PHP 4.3.0

--disable-path-info-check

If this is disabled, paths such as /info.php/test?a=b will fail to work. Available since PHP 4.3.0. For more information see the » Apache Manual.