php-doc-en/reference/dba/configure.xml

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<section id="dba.installation">
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 <para>
  By using the <option role="configure">--enable-dba=shared</option>
  configuration option you can build a dynamic loadable modul to enable PHP
  for basic support of dbm-style databases. You also have to add support
  for at least one of the following handlers by specifying the
  <literal>--with-XXXX</literal> configure switch to your PHP configure
  line.
  <table>
   <title>Supported DBA handlers</title>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>Handler</entry>
      <entry>Configure Switch</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry><literal>dbm</literal></entry>
      <entry>
       To enable support for dbm add
       <option role="configure">--with-dbm[=DIR]</option>.
      </entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry><literal>ndbm</literal></entry>
     <entry>
      To enable support for ndbm add
      <option role="configure">--with-ndbm[=DIR]</option>.
     </entry>
    </row>

     <row>
      <entry><literal>gdbm</literal></entry>
     <entry>
      To enable support for gdbm add
      <option role="configure">--with-gdbm[=DIR]</option>.
     </entry>
    </row>

    <row>
     <entry><literal>db2</literal></entry>
     <entry>
      To enable support for db2 add
      <option role="configure">--with-db2[=DIR]</option>.
     </entry>
    </row>

    <row>
      <entry><literal>db3</literal></entry>
     <entry>
      To enable support for db3 add
      <option role="configure">--with-db3[=DIR]</option>.
     </entry>
    </row>

    <row>
      <entry><literal>cdb</literal></entry>
     <entry>
      To enable support for cdb add
      <option role="configure">--with-cdb[=DIR]</option>.
      <note>
       <para>
        Since PHP 4.3.0 you can omit DIR to use the bundeled cdb library 
        that adds the cdb_make handler which allows creation of cdb files
        and allows to access cdb files on the network using php's streams.
       </para>
      </note>
     </entry>
    </row>
     <row>
      <entry><literal>flatfile</literal></entry>
     <entry>
      To enable support for flatfile add
      <option role="configure">--with-flatfile</option>.
      <note>
       <para>
        This was added in PHP 4.3.0 to add compatibility with deprecated
        <link linkend="ref.dbm">dbm</link> extension. Uee this handler only
        when you cannot install one of the libraries required by the other
        handlers and when you cannot use bundeled cdb handler.
       </para>
      </note>
     </entry>
    </row>
    </tbody>
  </tgroup>
 </table>
 </para>
</section>

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