Compiling Dbase extension for PHP in Ubuntu

由於dbase extension己經沒有在開發,所以在PHP 5.3.x之後就被移除,因此若要使用dbase必需自己compile.

1.Get the Source code, Subversion, and Tools

sudo apt-get install shtool dpkg-dev subversion

2.Get the source for dbase extension

cd ~
mkdir php
cd php
sudo apt-get source php5

3. Get the dbase source from SVN

cd php5-5.x.x/ext/
mkdir dbase
svn co http://svn.php.net/repository/pecl/dbase/trunk dbase

4.Compile the Extension

cd dbase
phpize
./configure
make

5.Copy the extension

sudo cp modules/dbase.so /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/

6.Configure the PHP

sudo vim /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

adding the line "extension=dbase.so" to the Section "Module Settings"

7.Restart Apache

sudo service apache2 restart