Recompiling PHP 5.3 On Snow Leopard With Freetype Support
OK, so this article probably doesn’t have a ton of mass appeal, but since upgrading to Snow Leopard I’ve run into a major issue with the way PHP is compiled in this distribution. Overall, I’m incredibly satisfied with the way everything’s set up by default in Snow Leopard (PHP 5.3 with bundled GD, mysqlnd, etc.), but the big glaring hole in everything was the lack of Freetype support. I’ve been working on a graphing library for my day job, and as such found the need to place text in my images (strange, right?). Anyway, I finally took the plunge and figured out how to get that sucker compiled in there. Here’s what you have to do…
Basically, what we’re going to do is recompile PHP 5.3 exactly the same as it came, but with proper Freetype support. Before we get into anything, here’s a few disclaimers:
- This worked for me… it may not work for you. If you never make it to the “make install” step of the PHP build, you won’t screw up your system so you can feel relatively safe trying this. However, I can’t support you if something goes wrong. Don’t worry tho, you shouldn’t run into many issues
- The steps in this tutorial are munged together from various other sources on the web. I’d like to credit these people if possible, but I don’t have a list of all my various sources… if your stuff is on here, lemme know and I’ll make sure you’re properly credited and linked to
- You MUST have the xcode developer tools installed for any of this to work. You’ll know right away if you don’t, as “make” will be an unknown command for you. These are on your Snow Leopard install DVD if you don’t have them…
OK, moving on…
Download Source Files
We’re going to need to grab a few things to get started. So, fire up a terminal, and type in the following:
sudo mkdir /src sudo chown [your username]:staff /src cd /src mkdir pcre mkdir php cd pcre curl ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-7.7.tar.gz -O cd ../php curl http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/apache_mod_php/apache_mod_php-53/php-5.3.0.tar.bz2 -O
What we’ve got is the PHP 5.3 package from Apple, and the PCRE library… everything else we need is already on our system. Let’s get compiling…
Compile PCRE
We need to compile PCRE into a local directory (not system-wide) so the PHP compiler has access to the headers it will need. This is pretty easy, just run the following:
cd /src/pcre tar -zxvf pcre-7.7.tar.gz cd pcre-7.7 ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static make && make install DESTDIR=/src/pcre/pcre-local
That’s it! Now we can start playing around with PHP
Compile PHP
Basically, what we’re going to be doing here is recompiling PHP 5.3 with the same config parameters as it was originally built with, but changing the things we need for GD and PCRE. It’s important that you follow all the steps outlined here, or you’ll get some weird compile errors. Also, if you’re a bit uncomfortable about recompiling, remember that you’re not going to mess anything up until you actually run the “make install” command. So, if the compile fails for any reason, your current PHP install isn’t going to get messed up in any way.
So, let’s get started:
cd /src/php bunzip2 php-5.3.0.tar.bz2 && tar -xvf php-5.3.0.tar cd php-5.3.0
Now, we’ll need to edit one file to fix a compile error we’ll run into. Open /src/php/php-5.3.0/ext/iconv/iconv.c in your editor of choice, and head to line 186. We need to change the line from:
“#define iconv libiconv”
to
“#define iconv iconv”
Once you’ve done that, we’re good to go. Assuming you’re still in /src/php/php-5.3.0:
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 CFLAGS="-arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp" CCFLAGS="-arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe" LDFLAGS="-arch x86_64 -bind_at_load" export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CCFLAGS MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --mandir=/usr/share/man \ --infodir=/usr/share/info \ --disable-dependency-tracking \ --sysconfdir=/private/etc \ --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs \ --enable-cli \ --with-config-file-path=/etc \ --with-libxml-dir=/usr \ --with-openssl=/usr \ --with-kerberos=/usr \ --with-zlib=/usr \ --enable-bcmath \ --with-bz2=/usr \ --enable-calendar \ --with-curl=/usr \ --enable-exif \ --enable-ftp \ --with-gd \ --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local/lib \ --with-png-dir=/usr/X11R6 \ --with-freetype-dir=/usr/X11R6 \ --with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6 \ --with-ldap=/usr \ --with-ldap-sasl=/usr \ --enable-mbstring \ --enable-mbregex \ --with-mysql=mysqlnd \ --with-mysqli=mysqlnd \ --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \ --with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock \ --with-iodbc=/usr \ --enable-shmop \ --with-snmp=/usr \ --enable-soap \ --enable-sockets \ --enable-sysvmsg \ --enable-sysvsem \ --enable-sysvshm \ --with-xmlrpc \ --with-iconv-dir=/usr \ --with-xsl=/usr \ --with-pcre-regex=/src/pcre/pcre-local/usr/local
If everything completed without error, you’re ready to compile (again, if this fails, nothing is messed up with your current PHP installation):
export EXTRA_CFLAGS="-lresolv" make
This will take a few moments, so go grab a coffee or something 
If this step completed properly (i.e you get some message about “don’t forget to run make test”), you’re ready to finish up. One thing I like to do is back up my current php.ini file, but if you haven’t tweaked it (or created it for that matter), you don’t need to do this:
sudo cp /etc/php.ini /etc/php.ini.bak
Now, you can install our fresh PHP build:
sudo make install
That’s it! Now, you can copy your old php.ini file back, and restart apache:
sudo cp /etc/php.ini.bak /etc/php.ini sudo apachectl restart
If you set up a phpinfo() somewhere in your doc root, you should now see something like the following in the GD section of it:
Enjoy
bugi
Oct 6 '09 at 11:26 pm
Thanks Ian,
just what I needed.
I had to install libjpeg before your solution did work
cd /src
mkdir libjpeg
cd libjpeg
curl http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/apache_mod_php/apache_mod_php-53/libjpeg/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz -O
tar xzf jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
cd jpeg-6b/
ln -s `which glibtool` ./libtool
./configure –enable-shared && make && sudo make install
(last two lines google’d from http://tomster.org/blog/installing-libjpeg-on-os-x/?searchterm=cd)
hafiz
Oct 7 '09 at 5:42 am
If anyone get any error like below (libiconv) while compiling
====================
Undefined symbols:
“_libiconv_open”, referenced from:
_do_convert in gdkanji.o
__php_iconv_strlen in iconv.o
_php_iconv_string in iconv.o
__php_iconv_strpos in iconv.o
_zif_iconv_substr in iconv.o
_zif_iconv_substr in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_decode in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_decode in iconv.o
_zif_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
_zif_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
_php_iconv_stream_filter_factory_create in iconv.o
_convert in encodings.o
“_res_9_dn_expand”, referenced from:
==========================
1. do check the libiconv inside /usr/lib, or /usr/local/lib,
you may have more libiconv or old libiconv libraries installed.
2. Check you search path.
3. Download the latest libiconv from their website.
Ian
Oct 7 '09 at 8:17 am
@hafiz,
You can get those errors if you don’t edit the libiconv.c file per my instructions as well… Seems like your solution might be the better route, but the little edit does the trick as well
Ryan Parman
Oct 7 '09 at 11:11 am
Personally, I prefer to just use MacPorts. It makes for a much cleaner install. http://j.mp/11pULu
ricbax
Oct 15 '09 at 5:20 am
@hafiz
I took 1,2, and 3 into consideration and I get the following which is slightly different from what you posted:
===============================
Undefined symbols:
“_iconv”, referenced from:
__php_iconv_appendl in iconv.o
__php_iconv_appendl in iconv.o
_php_iconv_string in iconv.o
_php_iconv_string in iconv.o
__php_iconv_strlen in iconv.o
__php_iconv_substr in iconv.o
__php_iconv_strpos in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
__php_iconv_mime_encode in iconv.o
_php_iconv_stream_filter_append_bucket in iconv.o
_php_iconv_stream_filter_append_bucket in iconv.o
_php_iconv_stream_filter_append_bucket in iconv.o
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [libs/libphp5.bundle] Error 1
===============================
Simon Birve
Oct 16 '09 at 6:48 am
Thanks Ian for this article. It saved me.
I had to install libjpeg7 before compiling php despite the change in my inconv.c file.
This is what i did.
cd /src
mkdir libjpeg
cd libjpeg
Downloaded jpegsrc.v7.tar.gz from Freashmeat (http://freshmeat.net/projects/libjpeg/) to /libjpeg
cd jpeg-7
tar xzf jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
cp /usr/share/libtool/config/config.sub .
cp /usr/share/libtool/config/config.guess .
-
export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6
CFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″ \
CXXFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″ \
LDFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″ \
./configure –enable-shared
-
make
sudo make install
(the flags from http://diymacserver.com/installing-php/adding-the-gd-module-to-php-on-snow-leopard/)
I the run command from “Compile PHP” above.
Worked like a charm and i now have GD as you shown above.
/s
Simon Birve
Oct 16 '09 at 6:59 am
Sorry some typo above
…
cd libjpeg
Downloaded jpegsrc.v7.tar.gz from Freashmeat (http://freshmeat.net/projects/libjpeg/) to /libjpeg
tar xzf jpegsrc.v7.tar.gz
….
/S
ivanjovanovic
Oct 22 '09 at 10:38 am
I had to build the libjpeg as well before the building of php.
As I read in the PHP manual, pcre is bundled now and you can just skip the last line of the configuration parameters and building pcre also.
Jose Antonio Andujar
Oct 29 '09 at 12:30 am
Hello,
I had some problems. I need to compile the jpeg-6b like bugi, modify some header for type int64 and uint64 and compile with this. (jpeg and php)
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6
CFLAGS=”-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp”
CCFLAGS=”-arch x86_64 -arch -g -Os -pipe”i386
CCFLAGS=”-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe”
CXXFLAGS=”-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe”
LDFLAGS=”-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -bind_at_load”
export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CCFLAGS MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
I’m buildin on a mac mini intel core
lunix
Nov 2 '09 at 4:53 am
Great article, and thanks simon for the tip
Eric Newman
Nov 2 '09 at 5:27 am
Beware of funny quote signs, and missing, or malformed dash characters above. The gist of this is correct, but don’t just copy and paste it.
David Nash
Nov 19 '09 at 3:27 am
Excellent ‘howto’ – Thanks for the help
Jeff Barlow
Nov 25 '09 at 4:22 pm
If you get the following errors:
php5.so
ld: warning: in /usr/local/lib/libpng.dylib, file is not of required architecture
Undefined symbols:
“_png_set_PLTE”, referenced from:
_php_gd_gdImagePngCtxEx in gd_png.o
“_png_set_packing”, referenced from:
_php_gd_gdImagePngCtxEx in gd_png.o
_php_gd_gdImageCreateFromPngCtx in gd_png.o
“_png_read_update_info”, referenced from:
_php_gd_gdImageCreateFromPngCtx in gd_png.o
“_png_get_tRNS”, referenced from:
_php_gd_gdImageCreateFromPngCtx in gd_png.o
_php_gd_gdImageCreateFromPngCtx in gd_png.o
_php_gd_gdImageCreateFromPngCtx in gd_png.o
…
“_png_get_PLTE”, referenced from:
_php_gd_gdImageCreateFromPngCtx in gd_png.o
“_png_create_info_struct”, referenced from:
_php_gd_gdImagePngCtxEx in gd_png.o
_php_gd_gdImageCreateFromPngCtx in gd_png.o
“_png_set_IHDR”, referenced from:
_php_gd_gdImagePngCtxEx in gd_png.o
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [libs/libphp5.bundle] Error 1
You have to recompile libpng. I did:
cd ..
mkdir libpng
cd libpng
curl http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/apache_mod_php/apache_mod_php-53/libpng/libpng-1.2.37.tar.bz2 -O
tar xzf libpng-1.2.37.tar.bz2
cd libpng-1.2.37
ln -s `which glibtool` ./libtool
./configure -enable-shared && make && sudo make install
and things worked like a charm! Thanks to all for your help!
Kurt Collins
Jan 10 '10 at 4:19 pm
Thank you so much for this.
Galen Sprague
Jan 13 '10 at 1:00 pm
This is great thank you very much! I also had to install libjpeg with the same flags as the php install to get it to compile. Working great now!!! Thanks again, this is awesome!!!!
Randy Hobart
Jan 17 '10 at 6:45 am
Thank you for your time in writing these instructions.
I was successful in the recompile and works great.
Recompiled on the MacBook I just purchase 1 week ago.
—
Had to compile the jpegsrc.v7.tar.gz as above.
—–
One big change is that the below file is no longer there.
curl ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-7.7.tar.gz -O
It is now ——
curl ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-7.9.tar.gz -O
—–
It took about 4 times to get it right.
I found out you can copy the configure settings straight from you black box above.
This saved alot of time.
——
Thanks again, my php is running great now.
And thanks for the comments given by others, could not have done it without all this help.
Mike Kormendy
Jan 23 '10 at 4:13 am
For myself as well, I had to install libjpeg7 before compiling PHP.
In some cases, please be aware of your compiling for 64bit or 32bit as discussed in this post:
http://diymacserver.com/installing-php/adding-the-gd-module-to-php-on-snow-leopard/
1. download source files (with corrected pcre ver 7.9 & php)
2. compile your PCRE
3. download source files (libjpeg7)
4. compile libjpeg7
5. compile php
Here are Simon Birve’s steps, CORRECTED, in one go (for 64bit):
cd /src
mkdir libjpeg
cd libjpeg
curl http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v7.tar.gz -O
tar xzf jpegsrc.v7.tar.gz
cd jpeg-7
cp /usr/share/libtool/config/config.sub .
cp /usr/share/libtool/config/config.guess .
export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 \
CFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″ \
CXXFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″ \
LDFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″
./configure –enable-shared
make
sudo make install
Mike Kormendy
Jan 23 '10 at 4:40 am
Also wanted to mention something about plugging in mcrypt (useful for latest version phpmyadmin) for php as discussed here:
http://michaelgracie.com/2009/09/23/plugging-mcrypt-into-php-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10.6.1/
Recompiling PHP will NOT affect a previous mcrypt plug-in installation.
I am running a 64bit Xserve with Snow Leopard 10.6.2, and the above process with pcre7.9 and libjpeg7 worked flawlessly for me and maintains mcrypt.
Thanks to all who contributed.
Dae
Jan 23 '10 at 6:31 am
The link to PCRE 7.7 didn’t work, so I took the link to PCRE 7.9 from the comment above, but make failed with the following:
=======
Dae-MacPro:pcre-7.9 Dae$ make
make all-am
/bin/sh ./libtool –tag=CC –mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp -MT pcre_compile.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/pcre_compile.Tpo -c -o pcre_compile.lo pcre_compile.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -no-cpp-precomp -MT pcre_compile.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/pcre_compile.Tpo -c pcre_compile.c -o pcre_compile.o
gcc-4.2: -E, -S, -save-temps and -M options are not allowed with multiple -arch flags
make[1]: *** [pcre_compile.lo] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
=======
I didn’t fix the problem: instead I took PCRE 7.7 from here:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pcre/pcre/7.7/pcre-7.7.tar.gz
Make worked like a charm with the older version.
Ron
Jan 31 '10 at 2:13 pm
Does anyone know if this works for OS X Snow Leopard Server as well?
RS
Feb 1 '10 at 10:22 pm
Anyone try this with PHP 5.3.1? I’m going to give it a shot tomorrow, but thought I’d ask before potentially wasting an afternoon. =P
RS
Feb 3 '10 at 7:59 pm
So, this does work with PHP 5.3.1 directly downloaded from php.net. I did have to download pcre8.01, as well as jpeg7. But, it’s working with 10.6.2 server.
Feb 3 '10 at 9:00 pm
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Mike Kormendy
May 9 '10 at 10:32 pm
Okay all, I have an update for those with the following system:
OS X Server 10.6.3
PHP 5.3.1
PCRE8.02
LIBJPEG8a
I did not have any hiccups with my install from the above steps, however make sure:
- that you are compiling for the right architecture
- that you do not copy and paste from this page into your terminal shell
The double quotes have been converted in the comments section on this site and cause problems with copy and paste.
@Dae: did you run as sudo su? that might fix the problem
@Ron: this has worked for my SL Server 10.6.3
@RS: alternatively you can download from Apple’s repository: http://www.opensource.apple.com/