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SQLite3, php5 and MAMP

The version of php5 bundled with MAMP doesn’t come with sqlite3 support built-in out of the box. Here’s how to add it, considering the following setup :

  • SQLite3 installed through MacPorts
  • php5 used through MAMP

I used the php-sqlite3 extension. When you run phpize, make sure you are actually using the one from MAMP by calling it with its full path  /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/phpize.

I then complied the extension with the following flags (both paths are the defaults for macports and MAMP) :

./configure --with-sqlite3=/opt/local/ --with-php-config=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/php-config

The make install didn’t copy the librarie to the right php folder :

>make install
Installing shared extensions:     /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/

Make sure that folder is the right one. You can find your dynamic extensions folder in your php.ini file.

Compile against libraries installed with MacPorts

MacPorts installs packages in a non unix-standard location. This can cause problems when trying to compile other software against these packages because they aren’t found by the configure script.

I experienced that problem when trying to compile SDL_image, which depends on libraries such as libpng. I had to configure with the following flags :

./configure CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib"

which indicates in which folders the libraries installed with MacPorts were installed.