php5 port and dba_open()

[js]

 Hi Ryan.

Any update on this?

IMHO, separeting dba from  php5 port would be good for someone
who cares about port cleanness. (php5 is  a bit  fat port, isn't it?)

I don't believe there're so many  people  using macports for
production uses, though.

On 8/20/07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 2007, at 15:58, AstroDrabb wrote:
>
> > I just setup apache2, mysql5 and php5.  However, I get an error when I
> > make a call
> > to dba_open().
> >
> > Fatal error: Call to undefined function dba_open() in /...
> >
> > Looking at the output of a call to phpinfo() I see this compile
> > option:
> > --enable-dba
> >
> > I looked around for any loadable modules, but did not find any
> > modules.  Is this a bug in the php5 build or am I missing something?
>
> I'm one of the maintainers of php5. I agree -- dba_open() is
> undefined. ./configure output is interesting...
>
> checking whether to enable DBA... yes
> checking for QDBM support... no
> checking for GDBM support... no
> checking for NDBM support... no
> checking for Berkeley DB4 support... no
> checking for Berkeley DB3 support... no
> checking for Berkeley DB2 support... no
> checking for DB1 support... no
> checking for DBM support... no
> checking for CDB support... no
> checking for INI File support... no
> checking for FlatFile support... no
> checking whether to enable DBA interface... no
>
> So it's enabled... but it isn't. Apparently.
>
> What type of database are you trying to access with dba? It looks
> like each possibility must be enabled separately. I'm not sure if
> each of these implies bringing in additional dependencies. If it
> does, I'm inclined to move dba support to a variant. Comments /
> suggestions welcome.
>
>
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