what is phpize

When installing php (fastcgi mode), there is often such a command: /usr/local/webserver/php/bin/phpize

1. What is phpize?

What is phpize? PHP official description:

http://php.net/manual/en/install.pecl.phpize.php

phpize is used to extend php extension modules. Through phpize, you can create php plug-in modules

For example, you If you want to add extension modules such as memcached or ImageMagick to the original compiled php, you can use phpize and work through the following steps.

2. How to use phpize?

When php is compiled, there will be a phpize script file in the bin directory of php. Before compiling the extension module you want to add, just execute the following phpize;

For example, if you want to add the memcache extension module to php now: all we have to do is the following steps

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tar zxvf memcache-2.2.5.tgz

cd memcache-2.2.5/

/usr/local/webserver/php/bin/phpize

./configure –with-php-config=/usr/local/webserver/php/bin/php-config

make

make install

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Note that the path to the php-config file can be specified after ./configure

The compilation is complete. What still needs to be done is to add the extension value to the php.ini file

extension = "memcache.so"