Compiling Modules
There are basically three ways to compile modules:
Use the provided "make" mechanism in the dl directory.
Use the provided "make" mechanism in the ext directory, which also allows building of dynamic loadable modules.
Compile the sources manually.
The second method should definitely be favored, since, as of PHP 4.0, this has been standardized into a sophisticated build process. The fact that it is so sophisticated is also its drawback, unfortunately—it's hard to understand at first. We'll provide a more detailed introduction to this later in the chapter, but first let's work with the default files.
The make process contained in the dl directory is a bit of a dirty hack, outdated and planned for removal from the source tree. To ...
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