Install fileinfo php extension

apache, php, putty, whm

Solution

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 Before this time, fileinfo was a PECL extension but is no longer maintained there.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

ERROR: `phpize' failed

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

Problem

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

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