How to modify the php source code and recompile it?

Question

Hi for my research, i modify the c code that makes the php ( not the code that is written with php but that which actually makes php ). I want some way of compiling it and making it work with apache.. How do i do that?

Answer 1

Grab a tarball of PHP source, and untar it.

Make sure you can compile it. See the INSTALL file from the tarball. The basic process is the typical:

./configure --with-some-options...
make
make install

That you're probably familiar with if you've ever compiled software from source on linux.

Make whatever changes you'd like to the source.

Compile again, using the same steps.

Answer 2

The manual is your friend:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php

./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --other-options
make
make install