How to install memcached module for [email protected] on MacOS High Sierra?

Question

I have the issue installing a memcached's module for php 7.1. I use MacOS High Sierra and [email protected] installing using homebrew. During the installation of memcached module for php using command

pecl install memcached

I received the errors:

checking for zlib location... configure: error: memcached support requires ZLIB. Use --with-zlib-dir= to specify the prefix where ZLIB headers and library are located ERROR: `/private/tmp/pear/install/memcached/configure --with-php-config=/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/php-config --with-libmemcached-dir' failed

But I have installed zlib. I can't find a way how to install memcached module after the changes in homebrew repository.

Corky

Answer 1

1. pecl bundle memcached
2. Change to the directory it output
3. phpize
4. Make sure libmemcached and zlib are installed (brew install libmemcached zlib)
5. Get the zlib directory (brew list zlib)
6. ./configure --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/Cellar/zlib/1.2.11/ (replace the zlib path with the one from the previous command)
7. make
8. make install
9. Add the extension line in your php.ini file (ex. change the paths to match what make install output. I added this to my /usr/local/etc/php/7.4/conf.d directory in a file called ext-memcached.ini

[memcached] extension=memcached.so

10. Verify you installed the module php -m should show you memcached in the outputted list

Absorbing

Thanks! Your answer saved me tonight. – Seagirt

Thanks! Works as of May 2019 on PHP7.0 – Sexennial

This continues to work across versions of php, I tested most recently with php 7.3.7. Just make sure to edit your paths accordingly. The php path for 7.3 (I believe whatever the "current" version is) seems to be /usr/local/Cellar/php with the version under that. That will be where your extension path is set to in step 8. – Absorbing

To find your php conf.d file, just php -i | grep php.ini and use the first path.Mine was /usr/local/etc/php/7.3 and cd into conf.d – Wheelhorse

Somehow my phpinfo(); did not want to update to memcached even though php -m worked, so I tried this tutoral and uninstalled everything. Works perfect now – Wheelhorse

I get make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.. I am dying. – Gerlac

After make install you can just use: extension=memcached.so instead of specyfing full path. – Ochone

Thanks so much, this still works in 2021 on M1 Apple Silicon / Big Sur. For me, the Cellar directory was in /opt/homebrew/ and the conf.d directory is in/opt/homebrew/etc/php/7.4/. – Ferland

Answer 2

You can use env variable PHP_ZLIB_DIR to tell it where zlib is.

PHP_ZLIB_DIR=/usr/local/opt/zlib pecl install memcached

Full installation.

brew install zlib
yes no | PHP_ZLIB_DIR=$(brew --prefix zlib) pecl install memcached

Mirna

thank you so much you have save me at last. trying to fixing this issue since last 4/5hr – Viceroy

Answer 3

To install memcached prerequisite

• Install pkg-config and zlib using brew install pkg-config zlib
• Check Php Version for which you installing should be linked. php -v tells you which php version is active for cli.
• pecl config-get ext_dir will tell you which version configuration files are set.
• Get configuration path for zlib that is required while installing brew list zlib Install using sudo pecl install memcached While installing it will ask zlib directory [no] : in that paste zlib configuration path /opt/homebrew/Cellar/zlib/1.2.11 example zlib directory [no] : /opt/homebrew/Cellar/zlib/1.2.11

Restart your php and nginx/apache2 brew services restart [email protected] brew services restart nginx brew services restart apache2

You can check extension is installed or not by using php -m.

Note : Am using MacPro M1 silicon chip notebook. Installed using homebrew. struggle a lot to fix this issue.

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