Getting PHP installation to update by Ben Ramsey

A while back I mentioned a problem I had with seeing the changes made to PHP after running a make and make install. I couldn’t see the new build date or the changes in phpinfo(), nor could I see the new build date with php -v. I was perplexed and frustrated.

Amazingly, after I rebooted my computer, the changes took effect. This was stupendously odd. I shouldn’t have had to reboot.

Yesterday and today I struggled with the same issue on two different machines. A reboot didn’t help, and advice given me in the comments of my previous post didn’t work, either. Finally, on a whim, I tried a make clean before running make; it worked!

I was stunned and shocked to find out that it was something so simple, but I was glad that my installation was now updated with my changes. :-)

4 Comments

Luis September 3, 2004 at 14:10

Just for the record, that is mentioned in the INSTALL file that comes with PHP. If you recompile to add or remove modules you need a make clean.

Ben Ramsey September 3, 2004 at 14:23

INSTALL files are for nerds! ;-)

I've actually never looked at it. I guess it would do me well to check it out.

Aaron Wormus September 6, 2004 at 20:09

Yeh, make clean becomes part of the routine... I always do it when recompiling anything.

/me wonders when the last time he compiled something was...

The Ranking Blog September 30, 2004 at 14:54

I had the exact same issue and it'll boiled down to not paying attention. Difference being I couldn't start the httpd process in my case until I fixed it.