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<div id="install.pecl.intro" class="sect1">
<h2 class="title">Introduction to PECL Installations</h2>
<p class="simpara">
<a href="http://pecl.php.net/" class="link external">» PECL</a> is a repository of PHP extensions that
are made available to you via the <a href="http://pear.php.net/" class="link external">» PEAR</a>
packaging system. This section of the manual is intended to demonstrate
how to obtain and install PECL extensions.
</p>
<p class="simpara">
These instructions assume <i>/your/phpsrcdir/</i> is the path
to the PHP source distribution, and that <i>extname</i> is the name of the
PECL extension. Adjust accordingly. These instructions also assume a
familiarity with the <a href="http://pear.php.net/manual/en/guide.users.commandline.cli.php" class="link external">» pear command</a>.
The information in the PEAR manual for the <i>pear</i> command also
applies to the <i>pecl</i> command.
</p>
<p class="simpara">
To be useful, a shared extension must be built, installed, and loaded. The
methods described below provide you with various instructions on how to
build and install the extensions, but they do not automatically load them.
Extensions can be loaded by adding an <a href="ini.core.php#ini.extension" class="link">extension</a> directive. To this <var class="filename">php.ini</var>
file, or through the use of the <a href="function.dl.php" class="function">dl()</a> function.
</p>
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When building PHP modules, it's important to have known-good versions
of the required tools (autoconf, automake, libtool, etc.) See the
<a href="http://php.net/svn.php" class="link external">» Anonymous SVN Instructions</a> for
details on the required tools, and required versions.
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