Install latest php_intl on Ubuntu 10.04

Question

I'm using the Ondřej Surý source for the latest php Version on Ubuntu 10.04. So i get PHP Version 5.4.12-1~lucid+1

For my Symfony2 applciation I need the latest version of the php-intl extension.

On my local XAMPP Server I am running

• INTL version 1.1.0
• ICU version 4.6.1

On my webserver is only this one:

• INTL version 1.1.0
• ICU version 4.2.1

Is there a source or a way to update it too ?

Answer 1

You will have to compile a more recent version of ICU from source and then recompile the PHP intl extension.

Building ICU from source is pretty standard (configure, make, sudo make install). You can pass --prefix to configure to select the installation location.

The easiest way to recompile the PHP intl extension is to remove the one you currently have (apt-get remove php5-intl) and install the PECL version (pecl install intl). You will be asked for the location of the ICU files.