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<h2 class="title">php-config</h2>
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php-config is a simple shell script for obtaining information about the
installed PHP configuration.
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When compiling extensions, if you have multiple PHP versions installed, you
may specify for which installation you'd like to build by using the
<em>--with-php-config</em> option during configuration, specifying
the path of the respective php-config script.
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The list of command line options provided by the php-config script can be queried
anytime by running php-config with the <strong class="option unknown">-h</strong>
switch:
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Usage: /usr/local/bin/php-config [OPTION]
Options:
--prefix [...]
--includes [...]
--ldflags [...]
--libs [...]
--extension-dir [...]
--include-dir [...]
--php-binary [...]
--php-sapis [...]
--configure-options [...]
--version [...]
--vernum [...]
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<caption><strong>Command line options</strong></caption>
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<th>Option</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>--prefix</td>
<td>Directory prefix where PHP is installed, e.g. /usr/local</td>
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<td>--includes</td>
<td>List of -I options with all include files</td>
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<td>--ldflags</td>
<td>LD Flags which PHP was compiled with</td>
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<td>--libs</td>
<td>Extra libraries which PHP was compiled with</td>
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<td>--extension-dir</td>
<td>Directory where extensions are searched by default</td>
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<td>--include-dir</td>
<td>Directory prefix where header files are installed by default</td>
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<td>--php-binary</td>
<td>Full path to php CLI or CGI binary</td>
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<td>--php-sapis</td>
<td>Show all SAPI modules available</td>
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<td>--configure-options</td>
<td>Configure options to recreate configuration of current PHP installation</td>
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<td>--version</td>
<td>PHP version</td>
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<td>--vernum</td>
<td>PHP version as integer</td>
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