Using PHP Shared Object Library with PHP/Mapscript, MapServer and PostGIS

[Kyle Wilcox]

$  sudo yum install php-pgsql


Bill Thoen wrote:
> I would like to try out PHP/Mapscript, but the data source for my
> MapServer includes PostGIS files, and the installed version of PHP was
> not compiled using the --with-pgsql switch. Rather than go through the
> hassle of recompiling PHP, I noticed that you can use the dl() function
> in PHP to load the necessary library. Specifically, I need the database
> access functions pg_connect() and friends, and I'm using a Fedora Core 5
> box.
> 
> My question is, where would I find the correct shared object library to
> use with dl() or is this not the right approach?
> 
> TIA,
> 

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