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
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