Robert Samuel White wrote:
When I ran the command: pecl install zip-1.3.1 It intalled the zip.so file to: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20050922/zip.so
Extensions are compiled with a given Zend/PHP API. The zip extension you installed was compiled against the API dated 2005-09-22. I complained/questioned this default behavior of 'pecl install' myself and asked why pecl didn't use the 'extension dir' value I already had set in the PHP.ini file. The response was that the php.ini file is not the authoritative definition for the extension directory because there could in theory be many php.ini files all over the system not to mention the defaults which might be used if no php.ini file exists at all.
The only way I could get zip support working was to put it here: /usr/local/php/ext Which is where my extensions directory is located. I've checked, and the extensions directory is set correctly in the php.ini file. Does anyone know where/how it would come up with this other path?
I've seen several people complain about this problem, but it doesn't seem anyone wants to change it. If you want your life to continue without tons of stress, just go with the flow, don't try to customize your installation, and just accept the defaults. Yeah, I didn't like that answer either.
In summary: Change your php.ini file to match the 'no-debug-non-zts-20050922' default directory and your problems will go away.
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