Install fileinfo php extension

Question

As the fileinfo is moved from PECL to PHP. What is the best way to install it through WHM or putty.?

I tried following command:

pecl install fileinfo

and received following error:

WARNING: "pear/Fileinfo" is deprecated in favor of "channel://php-src/ext/fileinfo/in php sources

"WARNING: channel "pear.php.net" has updated its protocols, use "pecl channel-update pear.php.net" to update

downloading Fileinfo-1.0.4.tgz ...

Starting to download Fileinfo-1.0.4.tgz (5,835 bytes)

.....done: 5,835 bytes

3 source files, building

running: phpize

Cannot find config.m4.

Make sure that you run '/usr/local/bin/phpize' in the top level source directory of the module

ERROR: `phpize' failed

Answer 1

This extension is enabled by default as of PHP 5.3.0. Before this time, fileinfo was a PECL extension but is no longer maintained there. However, versions prior to 5.3+ may use the » discontinued PECL extension.

Reference:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/fileinfo.installation.php

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ERROR: `phpize' failed

This error is displayed because you don't have php-devel package installed

Answer 2

Are you install php-devel?
phpize execute need's php-devel package. if you are on centos run the following code

yum install php-devel

Answer 3

I encountered this, and needed to install php-fileinfo for WHM on a VPS Dedicated server. This https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/how-to-install-a-php-extension-using-easyapache-4/ was very helpful. I figured id post this for the next guy.