From c7cf206bdd6dbc306d53ae20de492b4acdd32c7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:13:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] PHP with some configuration flags serving as example. Perhaps
 you can to extend it more easily if you need to

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=9588
---
 .../interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix | 468 ++++++++++++++++++
 pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix               |  12 +
 2 files changed, 480 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a1eeeb67a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
+args:
+( args.mkDerivationByConfiguration {
+    flagConfig = {
+
+    /*
+
+    // The order tries to represent the order given by configure --help 
+       The nix option representation of implemented options is given below
+       only some opitions right now.. They'll grow when I need them
+
+    Configuration:
+      --cache-file=FILE       cache test results in FILE
+      --help                  print this message
+      --no-create             do not create output files
+      --quiet, --silent       do not print `checking...' messages
+      --version               print the version of autoconf that created configure
+
+    Directory and file names:
+      --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
+                              [/usr/local]
+      --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
+                              [same as prefix]
+      --bindir=DIR            user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin]
+      --sbindir=DIR           system admin executables in DIR [EPREFIX/sbin]
+      --libexecdir=DIR        program executables in DIR [EPREFIX/libexec]
+      --datadir=DIR           read-only architecture-independent data in DIR
+                              [PREFIX/share]
+      --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/etc]
+      --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data in DIR
+                              [PREFIX/com]
+      --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/var]
+      --libdir=DIR            object code libraries in DIR [EPREFIX/lib]
+      --includedir=DIR        C header files in DIR [PREFIX/include]
+      --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc in DIR [/usr/include]
+      --infodir=DIR           info documentation in DIR [PREFIX/info]
+      --mandir=DIR            man documentation in DIR [PREFIX/man]
+      --srcdir=DIR            find the sources in DIR [configure dir or ..]
+      --program-prefix=PREFIX prepend PREFIX to installed program names
+      --program-suffix=SUFFIX append SUFFIX to installed program names
+      --program-transform-name=PROGRAM
+                              run sed PROGRAM on installed program names
+    Host type:
+      --build=BUILD           configure for building on BUILD [BUILD=HOST]
+      --host=HOST             configure for HOST [guessed]
+      --target=TARGET         configure for TARGET [TARGET=HOST]
+    Features and packages:
+      --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
+      --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
+      --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
+      --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
+      --x-includes=DIR        X include files are in DIR
+      --x-libraries=DIR       X library files are in DIR
+    --enable and --with options recognized:
+      --with-libdir=NAME      Look for libraries in .../NAME rather than .../lib
+      --disable-rpath         Disable passing additional runtime library
+                              search paths
+
+
+
+    SAPI modules:
+
+      --with-aolserver=DIR    Specify path to the installed AOLserver
+      --with-apxs[=FILE]      Build shared Apache 1.x module. FILE is the optional
+                              pathname to the Apache apxs tool [apxs]
+      --with-apache[=DIR]     Build Apache 1.x module. DIR is the top-level Apache
+                              build directory [/usr/local/apache]
+      --enable-mod-charset      APACHE: Enable transfer tables for mod_charset (Rus Apache)
+      --with-apxs2filter[=FILE]   
+                              EXPERIMENTAL: Build shared Apache 2.0 Filter module. FILE is the optional
+                              pathname to the Apache apxs tool [apxs]
+      --with-apxs2[=FILE]     Build shared Apache 2.0 Handler module. FILE is the optional
+                              pathname to the Apache apxs tool [apxs]
+      --with-apache-hooks[=FILE]      
+                              EXPERIMENTAL: Build shared Apache 1.x module. FILE is the optional
+                              pathname to the Apache apxs tool [apxs]
+      --with-apache-hooks-static[=DIR]
+                              EXPERIMENTAL: Build Apache 1.x module. DIR is the top-level Apache
+                              build directory [/usr/local/apache]
+      --enable-mod-charset      APACHE (hooks): Enable transfer tables for mod_charset (Rus Apache)
+      --with-caudium[=DIR]    Build PHP as a Pike module for use with Caudium.
+                              DIR is the Caudium server dir [/usr/local/caudium/server]
+      --disable-cli           Disable building CLI version of PHP
+                              (this forces --without-pear)
+      --with-continuity=DIR   Build PHP as Continuity Server module. 
+                              DIR is path to the installed Continuity Server root
+      --enable-embed[=TYPE]   EXPERIMENTAL: Enable building of embedded SAPI library
+                              TYPE is either 'shared' or 'static'. [TYPE=shared]
+      --with-isapi[=DIR]      Build PHP as an ISAPI module for use with Zeus
+      --with-milter[=DIR]     Build PHP as Milter application
+      --with-nsapi=DIR        Build PHP as NSAPI module for Netscape/iPlanet/Sun Webserver
+      --with-phttpd=DIR       Build PHP as phttpd module
+      --with-pi3web[=DIR]     Build PHP as Pi3Web module
+      --with-roxen=DIR        Build PHP as a Pike module. DIR is the base Roxen
+                              directory, normally /usr/local/roxen/server
+      --enable-roxen-zts        ROXEN: Build the Roxen module using Zend Thread Safety
+      --with-thttpd=SRCDIR    Build PHP as thttpd module
+      --with-tux=MODULEDIR    Build PHP as a TUX module (Linux only)
+      --with-webjames=SRCDIR  Build PHP as a WebJames module (RISC OS only)
+      --disable-cgi           Disable building CGI version of PHP
+      --enable-fastcgi          CGI: Enable FastCGI support in the CGI binary
+      --enable-force-cgi-redirect
+                                CGI: Enable security check for internal server
+                                redirects. Use this if you run the PHP CGI with Apache
+      --enable-discard-path     CGI: When this is enabled the PHP CGI binary can 
+                                safely be placed outside of the web tree and people
+                                will not be able to circumvent .htaccess security
+      --disable-path-info-check CGI: If this is disabled, paths such as
+                                /info.php/test?a=b will fail to work
+
+
+    General settings:
+
+      --enable-gcov           Enable GCOV code coverage (requires LTP) - FOR DEVELOPERS ONLY!!
+      --enable-debug          Compile with debugging symbols
+      --with-layout=TYPE      Set how installed files will be laid out.  Type can
+                              be either PHP or GNU [PHP]
+      --with-config-file-path=PATH
+                              Set the path in which to look for php.ini [PREFIX/lib]
+      --with-config-file-scan-dir=PATH
+                              Set the path where to scan for configuration files
+      --enable-safe-mode      Enable safe mode by default
+      --with-exec-dir[=DIR]   Only allow executables in DIR under safe-mode
+                              [/usr/local/php/bin]
+      --enable-sigchild       Enable PHP's own SIGCHLD handler
+      --enable-magic-quotes   Enable magic quotes by default.
+      --enable-libgcc         Enable explicitly linking against libgcc
+      --disable-short-tags    Disable the short-form <? start tag by default
+      --enable-dmalloc        Enable dmalloc
+      --disable-ipv6          Disable IPv6 support
+      --enable-fd-setsize     Set size of descriptor sets
+
+
+    Extensions:
+
+      --with-EXTENSION=[shared[,PATH]]
+      
+        NOTE: Not all extensions can be build as 'shared'.
+
+        Example: --with-foobar=shared,/usr/local/foobar/
+
+          o Builds the foobar extension as shared extension.
+          o foobar package install prefix is /usr/local/foobar/
+
+
+     --disable-all   Disable all extensions which are enabled by default
+
+
+      --disable-libxml        Disable LIBXML support
+      --with-libxml-dir[=DIR]   LIBXML: libxml2 install prefix
+      --with-openssl[=DIR]    Include OpenSSL support (requires OpenSSL >= 0.9.6)
+      --with-kerberos[=DIR]     OPENSSL: Include Kerberos support
+      --without-pcre-regex    Do not include Perl Compatible Regular Expressions support.
+                              DIR is the PCRE install prefix [BUNDLED]
+      --with-zlib[=DIR]       Include ZLIB support (requires zlib >= 1.0.9)
+      --with-zlib-dir=<DIR>   Define the location of zlib install directory
+      --enable-bcmath         Enable bc style precision math functions
+      --with-bz2[=DIR]        Include BZip2 support
+      --enable-calendar       Enable support for calendar conversion
+      --disable-ctype         Disable ctype functions
+      --with-curl[=DIR]       Include cURL support
+      --with-curlwrappers     Use cURL for url streams
+      --enable-dba            Build DBA with bundled modules. To build shared DBA
+                              extension use --enable-dba=shared
+      --with-qdbm[=DIR]         DBA: QDBM support
+      --with-gdbm[=DIR]         DBA: GDBM support
+      --with-ndbm[=DIR]         DBA: NDBM support
+      --with-db4[=DIR]          DBA: Berkeley DB4 support
+      --with-db3[=DIR]          DBA: Berkeley DB3 support
+      --with-db2[=DIR]          DBA: Berkeley DB2 support
+      --with-db1[=DIR]          DBA: Berkeley DB1 support/emulation
+      --with-dbm[=DIR]          DBA: DBM support
+      --without-cdb[=DIR]       DBA: CDB support (bundled)
+      --disable-inifile         DBA: INI support (bundled)
+      --disable-flatfile        DBA: FlatFile support (bundled)
+      --enable-dbase          Enable the bundled dbase library
+      --disable-dom           Disable DOM support
+      --with-libxml-dir[=DIR]   DOM: libxml2 install prefix
+      --enable-exif           Enable EXIF (metadata from images) support
+      --with-fbsql[=DIR]      Include FrontBase support. DIR is the FrontBase base directory
+      --with-fdftk[=DIR]      Include FDF support
+      --disable-filter        Disable input filter support
+      --with-pcre-dir           FILTER: pcre install prefix
+      --enable-ftp            Enable FTP support
+      --with-openssl-dir[=DIR]  FTP: openssl install prefix
+      --with-gd[=DIR]         Include GD support.  DIR is the GD library base
+                              install directory [BUNDLED]
+      --with-jpeg-dir[=DIR]     GD: Set the path to libjpeg install prefix
+      --with-png-dir[=DIR]      GD: Set the path to libpng install prefix
+      --with-zlib-dir[=DIR]     GD: Set the path to libz install prefix
+      --with-xpm-dir[=DIR]      GD: Set the path to libXpm install prefix
+      --with-ttf[=DIR]          GD: Include FreeType 1.x support
+      --with-freetype-dir[=DIR] GD: Set the path to FreeType 2 install prefix
+      --with-t1lib[=DIR]        GD: Include T1lib support. T1lib version >= 5.0.0 required
+      --enable-gd-native-ttf    GD: Enable TrueType string function
+      --enable-gd-jis-conv      GD: Enable JIS-mapped Japanese font support
+      */
+      gettext =     { cfgOption = "--with-gettext=\$gettext"; pass={ inherit (args) gettext; }; buildInputs="gettext"; };                    #Include GNU gettext support
+      #gettext =     { cfgOption = "--with-gettext"; buildInputs="gettext"; };                    #Include GNU gettext support
+      /*
+      --with-gmp[=DIR]        Include GNU MP support
+      --disable-hash          Disable hash support
+      --without-iconv[=DIR]   Exclude iconv support
+      --with-imap[=DIR]       Include IMAP support. DIR is the c-client install prefix
+      --with-kerberos[=DIR]     IMAP: Include Kerberos support. DIR is the Kerberos install prefix
+      --with-imap-ssl[=DIR]     IMAP: Include SSL support. DIR is the OpenSSL install prefix
+      --with-interbase[=DIR]  Include InterBase support.  DIR is the InterBase base
+                              install directory [/usr/interbase]
+      --disable-json          Disable JavaScript Object Serialization support
+      --with-ldap[=DIR]       Include LDAP support
+      --with-ldap-sasl[=DIR]    LDAP: Include Cyrus SASL support
+      --enable-mbstring       Enable multibyte string support
+      --disable-mbregex         MBSTRING: Disable multibyte regex support
+      --disable-mbregex-backtrack
+                                MBSTRING: Disable multibyte regex backtrack check
+      --with-libmbfl[=DIR]      MBSTRING: Use external libmbfl.  DIR is the libmbfl base
+                                install directory [BUNDLED]
+      --with-mcrypt[=DIR]     Include mcrypt support
+      --with-mhash[=DIR]      Include mhash support
+
+
+
+      --with-mime-magic[=FILE]  
+                              Include mime_magic support (DEPRECATED!!)
+      --with-ming[=DIR]       Include MING support
+      --with-msql[=DIR]       Include mSQL support.  DIR is the mSQL base
+                              install directory [/usr/local/Hughes]
+      --with-mssql[=DIR]      Include MSSQL-DB support.  DIR is the FreeTDS home
+                              directory [/usr/local/freetds]
+      --with-mysql[=DIR]      Include MySQL support. DIR is the MySQL base directory
+      --with-mysql-sock[=DIR]   MySQL: Location of the MySQL unix socket pointer.
+                                If unspecified, the default locations are searched
+      --with-zlib-dir[=DIR]     MySQL: Set the path to libz install prefix
+      --with-mysqli[=FILE]    Include MySQLi support.  FILE is the optional pathname 
+                              to mysql_config [mysql_config]
+      --enable-embedded-mysqli  MYSQLi: Enable embedded support
+      --with-ncurses[=DIR]    Include ncurses support (CLI/CGI only)
+      --with-oci8[=DIR]       Include Oracle (OCI8) support. DIR defaults to $ORACLE_HOME.
+                              Use --with-oci8=instantclient,/path/to/oic/lib 
+                              for an Oracle Instant Client installation
+      --with-adabas[=DIR]     Include Adabas D support [/usr/local]
+      --with-sapdb[=DIR]      Include SAP DB support [/usr/local]
+      --with-solid[=DIR]      Include Solid support [/usr/local/solid]
+      --with-ibm-db2[=DIR]    Include IBM DB2 support [/home/db2inst1/sqllib]
+      --with-ODBCRouter[=DIR] Include ODBCRouter.com support [/usr]
+      --with-empress[=DIR]    Include Empress support [$EMPRESSPATH]
+                              (Empress Version >= 8.60 required)
+      --with-empress-bcs[=DIR]
+                              Include Empress Local Access support [$EMPRESSPATH]
+                              (Empress Version >= 8.60 required)
+      --with-birdstep[=DIR]   Include Birdstep support [/usr/local/birdstep]
+      --with-custom-odbc[=DIR]
+                              Include user defined ODBC support. DIR is ODBC install base
+                              directory [/usr/local]. Make sure to define CUSTOM_ODBC_LIBS and
+                              have some odbc.h in your include dirs. f.e. you should define 
+                              following for Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.5.00 on QNX, prior to
+                              running this configure script:
+                                  CPPFLAGS="-DODBC_QNX -DSQLANY_BUG"
+                                  LDFLAGS=-lunix
+                                  CUSTOM_ODBC_LIBS="-ldblib -lodbc"
+      --with-iodbc[=DIR]      Include iODBC support [/usr/local]
+      --with-esoob[=DIR]      Include Easysoft OOB support [/usr/local/easysoft/oob/client]
+      --with-unixODBC[=DIR]   Include unixODBC support [/usr/local]
+      --with-dbmaker[=DIR]    Include DBMaker support
+      --enable-pcntl          Enable experimental pcntl support (CLI/CGI only)
+      --disable-pdo           Disable PHP Data Objects support
+      --with-pdo-dblib[=DIR]    PDO: DBLIB-DB support.  DIR is the FreeTDS home
+                                directory
+      --with-pdo-firebird[=DIR] PDO: Firebird support.  DIR is the Firebird base
+                                install directory [/opt/firebird]
+      --with-pdo-mysql[=DIR]    PDO: MySQL support. DIR is the MySQL base directory
+      --with-zlib-dir[=DIR]       PDO_MySQL: Set the path to libz install prefix
+      --with-pdo-oci[=DIR]      PDO: Oracle-OCI support. DIR defaults to $ORACLE_HOME.
+                                Use --with-pdo-oci=instantclient,prefix,version 
+                                for an Oracle Instant Client SDK. 
+                                For Linux with 10.2.0.3 RPMs (for example) use:
+                                --with-pdo-oci=instantclient,/usr,10.2.0.3
+      --with-pdo-odbc=flavour,dir
+                                PDO: Support for 'flavour' ODBC driver.
+                                include and lib dirs are looked for under 'dir'.
+                                
+                                'flavour' can be one of:  ibm-db2, unixODBC, generic
+                                If ',dir' part is omitted, default for the flavour 
+                                you have selected will used. e.g.:
+                                
+                                  --with-pdo-odbc=unixODBC
+                                  
+                                will check for unixODBC under /usr/local. You may attempt 
+                                to use an otherwise unsupported driver using the "generic" 
+                                flavour.  The syntax for generic ODBC support is:
+                                
+                                  --with-pdo-odbc=generic,dir,libname,ldflags,cflags
+
+                                When build as shared the extension filename is always pdo_odbc.so
+      --with-pdo-pgsql[=DIR]    PDO: PostgreSQL support.  DIR is the PostgreSQL base
+                                install directory or the path to pg_config
+      --without-pdo-sqlite[=DIR]
+                                PDO: sqlite 3 support.  DIR is the sqlite base
+                                install directory [BUNDLED]
+      --with-pgsql[=DIR]      Include PostgreSQL support.  DIR is the PostgreSQL
+                              base install directory or the path to pg_config
+      --disable-posix         Disable POSIX-like functions
+      --with-pspell[=DIR]     Include PSPELL support.
+                              GNU Aspell version 0.50.0 or higher required
+
+
+
+      --with-libedit[=DIR]    Include libedit readline replacement (CLI/CGI only)
+      --with-readline[=DIR]   Include readline support (CLI/CGI only)
+      --with-recode[=DIR]     Include recode support
+      --disable-reflection    Disable reflection support
+      --disable-session       Disable session support
+      --with-mm[=DIR]           SESSION: Include mm support for session storage
+      --enable-shmop          Enable shmop support
+      --disable-simplexml     Disable SimpleXML support
+      --with-libxml-dir=DIR     SimpleXML: libxml2 install prefix
+      --with-snmp[=DIR]       Include SNMP support
+      --with-openssl-dir[=DIR]  SNMP: openssl install prefix
+      --enable-ucd-snmp-hack    SNMP: Enable UCD SNMP hack
+      --enable-soap           Enable SOAP support
+      --with-libxml-dir=DIR     SOAP: libxml2 install prefix
+      --enable-sockets        Enable sockets support
+      --disable-spl           Disable Standard PHP Library
+      --without-sqlite        Do not include sqlite support.  DIR is the sqlite base
+                              install directory [BUNDLED]
+      --enable-sqlite-utf8      SQLite: Enable UTF-8 support for SQLite
+      --with-regex=TYPE       regex library type: system, apache, php. [TYPE=php]
+                              WARNING: Do NOT use unless you know what you are doing!
+      --with-sybase[=DIR]     Include Sybase-DB support.  DIR is the Sybase home
+                              directory [/home/sybase]
+      --with-sybase-ct[=DIR]  Include Sybase-CT support.  DIR is the Sybase home
+                              directory [/home/sybase]
+      --enable-sysvmsg        Enable sysvmsg support
+      --enable-sysvsem        Enable System V semaphore support
+      --enable-sysvshm        Enable the System V shared memory support
+      --with-tidy[=DIR]       Include TIDY support
+      --disable-tokenizer     Disable tokenizer support
+      --enable-wddx           Enable WDDX support
+      --with-libxml-dir=DIR     WDDX: libxml2 install prefix
+      --with-libexpat-dir=DIR   WDDX: libexpat dir for XMLRPC-EPI (deprecated)
+      --disable-xml           Disable XML support
+      --with-libxml-dir=DIR     XML: libxml2 install prefix
+      --with-libexpat-dir=DIR   XML: libexpat install prefix (deprecated)
+      --disable-xmlreader     Disable XMLReader support
+      --with-libxml-dir=DIR     XMLReader: libxml2 install prefix
+      --with-xmlrpc[=DIR]     Include XMLRPC-EPI support
+      --with-libxml-dir=DIR     XMLRPC-EPI: libxml2 install prefix
+      --with-libexpat-dir=DIR   XMLRPC-EPI: libexpat dir for XMLRPC-EPI (deprecated)
+      --with-iconv-dir=DIR      XMLRPC-EPI: iconv dir for XMLRPC-EPI
+      --disable-xmlwriter     Disable XMLWriter support
+      --with-libxml-dir=DIR     XMLWriter: libxml2 install prefix
+      --with-xsl[=DIR]        Include XSL support.  DIR is the libxslt base
+                              install directory (libxslt >= 1.1.0 required)
+      --enable-zip            Include Zip read/write support
+      --with-zlib-dir[=DIR]     ZIP: Set the path to libz install prefix
+
+    PEAR:
+
+      --with-pear=DIR         Install PEAR in DIR [PREFIX/lib/php]
+      --without-pear          Do not install PEAR
+
+    Zend:
+
+      --with-zend-vm=TYPE     Set virtual machine dispatch method. Type is
+                              one of CALL, SWITCH or GOTO [TYPE=CALL]
+      --enable-maintainer-zts Enable thread safety - for code maintainers only!!
+      --disable-inline-optimization 
+                              If building zend_execute.lo fails, try this switch
+      --enable-zend-multibyte Compile with zend multibyte support
+
+    TSRM:
+
+      --with-tsrm-pth[=pth-config]
+                              Use GNU Pth
+      --with-tsrm-st          Use SGI's State Threads
+      --with-tsrm-pthreads    Use POSIX threads (default)
+
+    Libtool:
+
+      --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=yes]
+      --enable-static[=PKGS]  build static libraries [default=yes]
+      --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]  optimize for fast installation [default=yes]
+      --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
+      --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
+      --with-pic              try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use both]
+      --with-tags[=TAGS]      include additional configurations [automatic]
+
+      --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
+
+    */
+
+# much left to do here... 
+
+          mandatory =  { buildInputs = [ "flex" "bison"]; };
+
+# SAPI modules:
+          apxs2        =      { cfgOption = "--with-apxs2=\$apacheHttpd/bin/apxs";
+                                pass = { inherit (args) apacheHttpd; }; };
+
+# Extensions 
+
+
+          libxml2       =     { cfgOption = "--with-libxml-dir=\$libxml2";
+                                pass = { inherit (args) libxml2; }; 
+                              };
+          no_libxml2    =     { cfgOption =  "--disable-libxml";
+                              };
+
+          mysql        =      { cfgOption = "--with-mysql=\$mysql";
+                                pass = { inherit (args) mysql;}; };
+
+          mysqli       =      { cfgOption = "--with-mysqli=\$mysql/bin/mysql_config";
+                                pass = { inherit (args) mysql;}; 
+                              };
+
+          mysqli_embedded  =  { cfgOption = "--enable-embedded-mysqli" ; depends = "mysqli"; };
+
+
+          pdo_mysql   =       { cfgOption = "--with-pdo-mysql=\$mysql";
+                                pass = { inherit (args) mysql; }; 
+                              };
+          no_pdo_mysql = { };
+
+          /* default location is enough for now ?
+            --with-mysql-sock[=DIR]   MySQL: Location of the MySQL unix socket pointer.
+                                      If unspecified, the default locations are searched
+          */
+
+    };
+
+  defaults = [ "mysql" "mysqli" "pdo_mysql" "libxml2" "apxs2" ];
+  optionals = [ "libxml2" "gettext" ];
+
+  # Don't konw wether they should be default.. I use them - Marc
+
+
+  extraAttrs = co : {
+    name = "php_configurable-5.2.4";
+
+    buildInputs = ( args.lib.getAttr [ "phpIncludes" ] [] args );
+
+
+    configurePhase = 
+      "
+      iniFile=\$out/etc/\$name.ini
+      [[ -z \"\$libxml2\" ]] || export PATH=\$PATH:\$libxml2/bin
+      ./configure --with-config-file-path=\$iniFile --prefix=\$out " + co.configureFlags;
+
+    installPhase = "
+      unset installPhase; installPhase;
+      cp php.ini-recommended $\iniFile
+      echo \"include_path=.\$PATH_DELIMITER\$out/lib/php\$PATH_DELIMITER\$PHP_INCLUDES\" > \$iniFile
+    ";
+
+    src = args.fetchurl {
+      url = http://de.php.net/get/php-5.2.4.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror;
+      sha256 = "1h513j7crz08n7rlh8v7cvxfzisj87mvvyfrkiaa76v1wicm4bsh";
+      name = "php-5.2.4.tar.bz2";
+    };
+
+    meta = { 
+        description = "The PHP language runtime engine"; # : CLI, CGI and Apache2 SAPIs ? as well TODO 
+        homepage = http://www.php.net/;
+        license = "PHP-3";
+      };
+
+    patches = [./fix.patch];
+  };
+}) args
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0032f60d69c4..884b8be90d13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1190,6 +1190,18 @@ rec {
       if stdenv.isDarwin then null else unixODBC;
   };
 
+  # FIXME somehow somewhen: We need to recompile php if the ini file changes because the only way to
+  # tell the apache module where to look for this file is using a compile time flag ;-(
+  # perhaps this can be done setting php_value in apache don't have time to investigate any further ?
+  # This expression is a quick hack now. But perhaps it helps you adding the configuration flags you need?
+  php_unstable = (import ../development/interpreters/php_configurable) {
+   inherit mkDerivationByConfiguration;
+   lib = lib_unstable;
+   stdenv = stdenvUsingSetupNew2;
+   inherit fetchurl flex bison apacheHttpd mysql; # gettext;
+   inherit libxml2;
+  };
+
   python = import ../development/interpreters/python {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib bzip2;
   };