Installing custom php modules (xdebug etc.)

[hendr1x]

Hello everyone,
I have directadmin installed but I need to reinstall php5.5 to php5.6 with custom modules. So far I have done the following :

```
cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build set php1_release 5.6
mkdir -p custom/ap2
cp -p configure/ap2/configure.php56 custom/ap2
vi custom/ap2/configure.php56
```

But I seem to have a fundamental lack of knowledge of what i am doing

The modules I need are as follows

```
xdebug
imagick
ffmpeg
magickwand
id3
```

Do I need to download/compile these before adding them to the configure.php56 file? Can i use PECL with custombuild?

Thanks for any light you can provide.

 

[zEitEr]

Hello,

Whenever PHP extension can be installed through PECL, you should use it independently whether or not you have custombuild.

As for xdebug instructions are as the following:

[h=2]PECL Installation[/h]As of Xdebug 0.9.0 you can install Xdebug through PEAR/PECL. This only works with with PEAR version 0.9.1-dev or higher and some UNIX.
Installing with PEAR/PECL is as easy as:
# pecl install xdebug
but you still need to add the correct line to your php.ini: (don't forget to change the path and filename to the correct one — but make sure you use the full path)
zend_extension="/usr/local/php/modules/xdebug.so"
Note: You should ignore any prompts to add "extension=xdebug.so" to php.ini — this will cause problems.

https://xdebug.org/docs/install


The general ideas:

You might need to specify a full patch to pecl (you might need to use it twice per PHP version), or add it's location to PATH.
Final location of *.so file might differ, so check output of installation process.
It's better to add custom modules into a separate ini file, e.g. /usr/local/php56/lib/php.conf.d/99-custom.ini for PHP 5.6 and /usr/local/php55/lib/php.conf.d/99-custom.ini for PHP 5.5.