php-config(1)

📦 version 8.3.36, in arch rolling

💅 php-config — the little script that spills all of PHP's tea 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

php-config — get information about PHP configuration and compile options. that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it flawlessly 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

php-config [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

php-config is a simple shell script for obtaining information about installed PHP configuration. no cap — it's literally just a lil script, but it's a main character script 😌✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --prefix — the directory prefix where PHP is installed, e.g. /usr/local
  • --includes — a list of -I options with all include files. the whole squad of include paths, together 💅
  • --ldflags — the LD Flags which PHP was compiled with
  • --libs — the extra libraries which PHP was compiled with
  • --man-dir — the directory prefix where the manpages is installed
  • --extension-dir — the directory where extensions are searched by default
  • --include-dir — the directory prefix where header files are installed by default
  • --php-binary — full path to the php CLI or CGI binary
  • --php-sapis — show all SAPI modules available
  • --configure-options — the configure options to recreate the configuration of the current PHP installation. it's giving "receipts for the whole build" 🧾
  • --version — PHP version
  • --vernum — PHP version as integer

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

php(1) — go say hi, they're literally siblings 💜

⭐ VERSION INFORMATION ⭐

this manpage describes php, version 8.3.36.

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This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license, that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is available through the world-wide-web at the following url:

https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt

If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to license@php.net so we can mail you a copy immediately. (yes, actual email, actual human, they're very sweet about it 🍓)

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