For those using Ubuntu and who are completely daunted by compiling this, it's easy under Ubuntu:
Install libc-client-dev
# sudo apt-get install libc-client-dev
Install PHP5 imap:
# sudo apt-get install php5-imap
Restart Apache
# sudo service apache2 reload
Should work for most people.
Pré-requis
Cette extension requiert la bibliothèque C cliente. Téléchargez cette dernière version à » https://github.com/uw-imap/imap et compilez-la.
Il est important de ne pas copier les fichiers sources IMAP directement dans le dossier d'inclusion système sous peine de conflits. À la place de cela, créez un nouveau dossier dans le dossier d'inclusion système, comme /usr/local/imap-2000b/ (le chemin et le nom dépendent de votre configuration et de votre version d'IMAP) et dans ce nouveau dossier, créez les dossiers nommés lib/ et include/. Depuis le dossier c-client des sources IMAP, copiez tous les fichiers *.h dans le dossier include/ et tous les fichiers *.c dans le dossier lib/. Additionnellement, lorsque vous compilez IMAP, un fichier nommé c-client.a est crée. Mettez le également dans le dossier lib/ mais renommez le en libc-client.a.
Note:
Pour compiler la bibliothèque C cliente avec SSL et/ou avec le support Kerberos, lisez la doc fournie dans la distribution.
Note: Sur Mandrake Linux, la bibliothèque IMAP (libc-client.a) est compilée sans le support Kerberos. Une version séparée avec SSL (client-PHP4.a) est installée. La bibliothèque doit être recompilée pour ajouter le support Kerberos.
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crabb1d at gmail dot com ¶
11 years ago
allan at umich dot edu ¶
5 years ago
It should be noted that the source code archives at the University of Washington, and the mirrors, have been dead for some time.
There is a github repository located here: https://github.com/uw-imap/imap
jameslandrok at gmail dot com ¶
9 years ago
A more secure & easy way to do this on Debian 7.7, php 5.4:
apt-get install php5-imap
Packages installed
libc-client2007e mlock php5-imap
ldi at email dot cz ¶
14 years ago
After few hours of testing it on CentOS 5 64 bit I'd like to share the steps required to compile imap with php:
1. Install openssl:
yum install openssl openssl-devel
2. If you don't have openssl compiled and installed in /usr/local/ssl create symlink:
ln -s /usr/lib64/openssl/engines/ /usr/local/ssl
3. Add the libraries:
ln -s /usr/include/ /usr/local/ssl/include
4. Compile IMAP
cd /path/to/imap_src
make lnp SSLTYPE=unix
5. Copy files as described above
mkdir lib
mkdir include
cp c-client/*.c lib/
cp c-client/*.h include/
cp c-client/c-client.a lib/libc-client.a
6. Compile PHP
cd /path/to/php/src
./configure --with-imap=/path/to/imap_src --with-libdir=lib64
Anonymous ¶
11 years ago
When compiling IMAP 2007f with php 5.3.27 on a 64 bit OL5.7 machine, add in the Makefile: EXTRACFLAGS=-fPIC and EXTRAAUTHENTICATORS=gss
eelco at care dot nl ¶
14 years ago
Spent hours and hours on compiling PHP with IMAP support on CentOS 64-bit but after many trial and error sessions I got if fixed.
If you have set the '--with-libdir=lib64' flag and you encounter the the 'cannot find the c-client library' error while compiling, try to create a symlink 'lib64' to 'lib' in your imap installation dir.
Apparantly, PHP will search only in lib64 directories if the flag is set. This also applies on the IMAP library but documentation lacks on this point.
obeco ¶
2 years ago
php-imap package is not available neither in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nor 8.
To compile the extension yourself:
Prerequisites
# yum install pam-devel openssl-devel
Follow steps 2 and 3 from the previous post of "ldi at email dot cz"
Download the c-client library from github, you can see the link at the top of the page and compile with:
# make lr5 SSLINCLUDE=/usr/include/openssl/ EXTRACFLAGS=-fPIC
(if you are using another distro, instead of lr5 you will type something else, you can view the Makefile for other unix flavors)
Follow step 5 from the previous post of "ldi at email dot cz" which is what the second paragraph at the top of the page explains.
Download the PHP source code of the version installed in your system and go to the php/ext/imap folder.
# phpize
(If you installed the PHP packages from the Red Hat Software Collections you must run the following command before to set the enviroment eg: scl enable rh-php73 bash)
# ./configure --with-imap=<<path_to_where_you_unpacked_the_c-client_library_and_compiled_it>> --with-imap-ssl
# make
This creates the file php/ext/imap/modules/imap.so :)
Copy it to your extension_dir (you can find it in the phpinfo() page).
Create an .ini file in the php.d folder with the text: extension=imap.so
Restart apache and be happy.
P.S. You could probably find the extension compiled out there but who knows the trustiness of the source so better to get the official unaltered sources.
Nick ¶
14 years ago
If you run into an error similar to the following when compiling / making PHP:
errno 0x21c /usr/local/imap-2007e/lib/libc-client.a(netmsg.o)
ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable sections
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `libphp5.la'
You need to recompile the IMAP library and add -fpic or -fPIC to your CFLAGS.
See:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35465
Also, if you compiled OpenSSL from source, you'll need to do the same, as you'll get error messages for libc-client.a
