Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:25:26 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Myron Turner <mturner@ms.umanitoba.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PHP PCRE Message-ID: <42D81BB6.4080705@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050715070314.01c394e0@130.179.16.122> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050715070314.01c394e0@130.179.16.122>
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Myron Turner wrote: > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4 with PHP 5.0.3 for the express purpose of > testing out a web-based application. > > I was wondering what the rationale is for excluding PCRE from the > current php distribution. As I understand it, the PCRE extensions are > included by default in PHP 5. This suggests that the FreeBSD > organization opted not to include these. A search of mailing lists > shows that people have been having problems because of this. > > For me, the solution is not to install a rebuilt php on my test machine, > because I have to have the assurance that my application will run on any > FreeBSD system. On FreeBSD you are given the option of installing a pure php with no extra bells or whistles. Then you can add the extensions you neeed using the php5-extensions metaport, which really just installs individual modules such as devel/php5-pcre. And, AFIAK, installing extensions afterwards does not require that you rebuild php5. I have had problems with this too - usually they amounted to forgetting about the extensions, because back then when I first used it, extensions was installed with the php base (I think this was with php 4.1?). As for reasoning: For security reasons or performance it may be wise to exclude what you don't use. pcre is not the fastest thing AFAIK. Now, I must add the disclaimer that I'm using php4 Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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