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<div id="install.pecl.pear" class="sect1">
<h2 class="title">Compiling shared PECL extensions with the pecl command</h2>
<p class="simpara">
PECL makes it easy to create shared PHP extensions. Using the
<a href="http://pear.php.net/manual/en/guide.users.commandline.cli.php" class="link external">» pecl command</a>, do the following:
</p>
<p class="para">
<div class="example-contents screen"><br />
$ pecl install extname<br />
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</p>
<p class="simpara">
This will download the source for <em class="emphasis">extname</em>,
compile, and install <var class="filename">extname.so</var> into your <a href="ini.core.php#ini.extension-dir" class="link">extension_dir</a>.
<var class="filename">extname.so</var> may then be loaded via <var class="filename">php.ini</var>
</p>
<p class="simpara">
By default, the <i>pecl</i> command will not install
packages that are marked with the <i>alpha</i> or
<i>beta</i> state. If no <i>stable</i> packages
are available, you may install a <i>beta</i> package using the
following command:
</p>
<p class="para">
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$ pecl install extname-beta<br />
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</p>
<p class="para">
You may also install a specific version using this variant:
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$ pecl install extname-0.1<br />
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</p>
<blockquote><p><b class="note">Note</b>:
After enabling the extension in <var class="filename">php.ini</var>, restarting the web service is
required for the changes to be picked up.
<br />
</p></blockquote>
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