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Adding dbase Support to PHP5 on Ubuntu
For the popular packages Ubuntu has handy little packages that will install/add extentions to PHP, but not for dbase. Dbase is old as dirt and most people don’t use it for much anymore. I was recently working on a legacy app that works with dbase files and this was the extension i needed to allow php to work with the old dbase system.
After searching online for awhile I couldn’t really find a good answer for how to add the extension without completely reinstalling PHP5 from source.
What i ended up doing was just compiling that extenstion from source and pointing to it from my php.ini leaving my existing php5 intact.
Getting the source
First thing you will need to do install install the php5-dev package:
apt-get install php5-dev
This will give us the tools needed to work with the source code. Next grab the source. In your home directory…
mkdir php
cd php
apt-get source php5
Then go into the extension directory.
cd php5-5.1.2/ext/dbase
Compile the Extension
Once you are in the dbase directory do:
phpize
Then,
./configure
Followed by a,
make
Copy the extension
cp modules/* /usr/lib/php5/20051025/
Your php5 library directory might be named something else.
Edit php.ini
You will then need to edit the php.ini file
vim /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Near the extention section add:
extension=dbase.so
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15 Responses to Adding dbase Support to PHP5 on Ubuntu
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Orvalho J Augusto says:
Greate!
It worked for me too.
Caveman
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Daniele Gariboldi says:
Great ! Thanks, clear and effective
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In PHP 5.2.6 (Ubuntu 9.04 server) dbase module seems to be purged from source.
And I don’t how dbase support can be installed.. -
The dbase extension isn’t included in php 5.2.10, but you can download the latest source here http://www.php.net/downloads.php
Then perform the same instructions and all will be well. I am actually running 5.2.6, but I had no problem using the dbase.so library compiled using the 5.2.10 source.
Thanks so much for taking the time to post this very helpful article.
Great tutorial. Worked like a charm.
Don’t forget to add the same module
to /etc/php5/cli/php.ini for those who use PHP on the command line.