How can one determine what config settings were used to build PHP? This is a question that comes up when you want to upgrade to a new version of PHP and need to replicate the original settings. Another case is when you are setting of a development server that must be a mirror of your production server.
There are two good ways to proceed:
1. If folder where the source code was built is available then take a look at the file named “config.status”. At the top of this file you’ll find comments looking something like this:
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#! /bin/sh # Generated automatically by configure. # Run this file to recreate the current configuration. # This directory was configured as follows, # on host web.myserver.com: # # <strong>./configure --enable-track-vars --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-imap-ssl=/root/archive/imap-2004a --with-zip --enable-ftp --with-config-fi le-path=/usr/local/apache2/conf --enable-roxen-zts -with-tsrm-pthreads --with-openssl-dir=/root/archive/openssl-0.9.7g --enable-mbstring --with-mysql=/usr/lo cal/mysql/</strong> # # Compiler output produced by configure, useful for debugging # configure, is in ./config.log if it exists. |
The text in bold is the config line with all the options used.
2. The second method requires that you create a file on the server inside the webspace. Place the following line in the file:
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<?php phpinfo(); ?> |
Call the file “test.php”. Next with a web browser access the file with:
http://www.myserver.com/test.php
You’ll get back an extensive report on the configuration of the PHP install on the server. In the first section of the report, under the label “Configure Command” you’ll see something like:
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'./configure' '--enable-track-vars' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs' '--with-imap-ssl=/root/archive/imap-2004a' '--with-zip' '--enable-ftp' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache2/conf' '--enable-roxen-zts' '-with-tsrm-pthreads' '--with-openssl-dir=/root/archive/openssl-0.9.7g' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql/' |
Make sure you remove the test.php file after you are finished with it. The file contains information that could assist hackers so you don’t want to leave it sitting around.