compile php5 on centos with --enable-pcntl

Question

I am trying to enable pcntl on my php on centos. I see I am suppose to do a ./configure make build but have not ever done it. Could someone give me some direction?

Answer 1

If you want/need to compile PHP by yourself, you might want to take a look at Apache 2.0 on Unix systems : the process is not too complex, but it can take some time (say between one and two hours) if it's your firt time.

If you have more specific questions, don't hesitate to ask :-)

As you are using a distribution that provides RPM, though, one question comes to my mind : is there no RPM providing the pcntl extension, that you could use instead of re-compiling yourself ?
(I don't have a CentOS machine to test, sorry)