Why do I have to compile to use IMAP or other modules???
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:25 am
I am coming from the Windows world where basically you have a DLL and you just load it at runtime for example in VB.
Why is it with PHP I have to compile PHP with the IMAP or MYSQL (for example) to get it to work. Maybe I am misunuderstanding this whole concept.
For example I downloaded Zend studio and now I want to use IMAP functions. Zend has its own version (4.3) of PHP and Red Hat has an older version (4.2).
I don't even know where the source files are. Do I have to download and compile and ./configure ?
Why can't there be a simple "Load the Module" function so people don't have to do this compile stuff for every module they may or may not need at runtime?
Thanks
Costas
Why is it with PHP I have to compile PHP with the IMAP or MYSQL (for example) to get it to work. Maybe I am misunuderstanding this whole concept.
For example I downloaded Zend studio and now I want to use IMAP functions. Zend has its own version (4.3) of PHP and Red Hat has an older version (4.2).
I don't even know where the source files are. Do I have to download and compile and ./configure ?
Why can't there be a simple "Load the Module" function so people don't have to do this compile stuff for every module they may or may not need at runtime?
Thanks
Costas