Installing Php5 Extensions

Guide on how to install Php5 Extensions On FreeBSD

Installing Php5 Extensions is a quite simple procedure. It looks very overwhelming at first as there are a lot of extensions available to install. I can’t guide you on what to install it really depends on your needs. Whatever your adding the procedure is a simple matter of “make install clean”. If you later decide to add more extensions just run the installation again.

I have supplied a screenshot of what I usually install. Now this screenshot contains all the extensions available. Once you get started you will need to scroll down. I have created the screenshot in this way so that you may have a look at all extensions available in one glance.

Before we start I should warn you that many of these extensions will pop up with some additional questions regarding how to configure that particularly extension. If in doubt I suggest you select the default settings.

Time to select what extensions you want to install [Screenshot] The time needed for installing the extensions will wary depending on what and how many extensions you install. Once the compilation is complete you are done.