Installing the the mailparse extension under PHP is explained in this article. This extension is installed under Fedora. This file on its own is not workable like all other extensions; instead it needs mbstring extension for proper operation. In addition, the order of installation is of primary importance otherwise it won’t function properly. This process can be used as a stencil for many such extensions as well.
Note: The procedure needs to be done under command line root (su -).
Steps To Install PHP Mailparse in Fedora
Step 1: Access a temporary directory or make one if there isn’t one already. You will have the extension.
wget http://pecl.php.net/get/mailparse
In the end you will have a file “mailparse-X.Y.Z.tgz”. Note that X.Y.Z refers to file version and will be replaced by it in the original name it gets.
Step 2: Take the code out of the extension:
tar zxf mailparse-X.Y.Z.tgz
Replace “X-Y-Z” with the actual version name first.
Step 3: Access package directory as follows:
cd mailparse-X.Y.Z
Step 4: At this stage, you need the package ready for your PHP:
phpize
Step 5: Next is to configure it for the same compilation:
./configure
Step 6: All things ready, initiate Compilation:
make
Step 7: Next follows command for Installation:
make install
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Step 8: Locate mbstring’s ini file:
rpm -q -l php-mbstring
Step 9: When the earlier step gives output, then search for an ini file. Once found, edit it and type out:
“extension=mbstring.so” (Prefix a semicolon)
Step 10: Next is to instruct PHP to use both the extensions mbstring and mailparse in the series they are: First edit file /etc/php.ini. At the very last of Dynamic Extensions part, add these:
extension=mbstring.so
extension=mailparse.so
Step 11: This is practically the last compulsory step of the entire process and it is to restart Apache:
service httpd restart
Step 12: You might or might not want to but you can clear or remove the temporary directory you made at the start of the process.
Tips
- Statement says it is enough to add “extension=mailparse.so” in /etc/php.ini after installation of mbstring and compilation of mailparse as mentioned just after step 7. However, for it to work successfully, this will not function. Since all commands in “/etc/php.d” or any other place where mbstring.ini is present are initiated in processes after /etc/php.ini and not before it whereas mailparse will give an error because the simple addition of string is processing the directives ahead of mbstring in /etc/php.ini.
- Without going through with step 9, initiating mbstring in /etc/php.ini ahead of mailparse will prompt double loading of mbstring (in /etc/php.ini and in /etc/php.d/mbstring.ini). As a result, whenever you launch PHP you will be bombarded with warnings.
- Be careful with the httpd concerned things if you are using PHP without Apache, for CLI.
- There are two methods to avoid facing the trouble mentioned in the first point for tips:
- Either rename the mailparse ini file so that it loads after mbstring depending upon PHP loading technique.
- Or introduce extension=mailparse.so in the mbstring ini file ahead of extension=mbstring.so.
Note: You need to have a few things installed before you proceed with this process. To install, use ‘yum install <package-name>’ and to test use ‘rpm -q <package-name>’:
- php
- httpd (optional)
- php-devel
- php-mbstring
