====== PHP on Accelerators ======

This page is a guide to creating and deploying scripts and applications developed in the PHP programming language on Accelerators.

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**PHP Overview**

If you're new to PHP, or want a general introduction to developing and deploying PHP scripts and applications, start off by reading the **[[all-accelerators:kb:php|PHP Overview]]** in the [[all-accelerators:kb:start|All Accelerators Knowledge Base]].
</note>

===== Extensions enabled ====

==== Finding which extensions are enabled ====

Below is a list of the php extensions enabled by default on the pkgsrc template.

<code>
admin$ php -m
</code>

<code>
[PHP Modules]
ctype
curl
date
dom
filter
gd
hash
iconv
json
libxml
mbstring
mcrypt
mysql
openssl
pcre
Reflection
session
SimpleXML
SPL
standard
tokenizer
xml
xmlreader
xmlrpc
xmlwriter
xsl
zlib

[Zend Modules]

</code>

Extensions have their .so files located under '/opt/local/lib/php/20040412'.

==== Enabling a PHP extension ====

If an extension is not enabled one can take a look at your accelerators php.ini file (pkgsrc accelerators this in /opt/local/etc/php.ini) and find the line like ';extension=apc.so' and remove the ; infront of the line to enable apc, save the file and restart apache via 'sudo svcadm restart http'.

===== Version =====

==== Finding the PHP version ====

<code>
admin$ php -v
</code>

<code>
PHP 5.2.5 (cli) (built: Apr 25 2008 08:27:42) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies
</code>