Re: [PECL-DEV] --enable-ext VS --with-ext

Things that require a 3rd-party library use --with.  Extension like json
and exif that include the entire implementations of exif and json
handling in them would use --enable, but extension like mysql and oci
that need the client libraries to do the actual work use --with.

-Rasmus

On 8/4/10 10:22 AM, j adams wrote:
> I'm reading the comments in the config.m4 generated by ext_skel and trying
> to understand under what circumstances one would use --enable-ext and when
> one would use --with-ext.
> 
> What constitutes "something external" ?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> dnl If your extension references something external, use with:
> 
> dnl PHP_ARG_WITH(fmog, for fmog support,
> dnl Make sure that the comment is aligned:
> dnl [  --with-fmog             Include fmog support])
> 
> dnl Otherwise use enable:
> 
> dnl PHP_ARG_ENABLE(fmog, whether to enable fmog support,
> dnl Make sure that the comment is aligned:
> dnl [  --enable-fmog           Enable fmog support])
>