honour PHP_CONFIG & rebuild automatically when env vars change #210
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Closes #208.
Closes #209.
Please see the linked issues for a rationale.
Summary of the changes
Build scripts
unix_build.rs
script now honours thePHP_CONFIG
environment variable, likecargo php install
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed
for thePHP
,PHP_CONFIG
andPATH
environment variables, in order to avoid needless recompilations of the whole dependency tree.Documentation
While trying to document the aforementioned changes, I realized that there was no chapter about installing and setting up a PHP environment to develop PHP extensions. So I refactored the first chapters of the book into a
Getting Started
section, including instructions on how to quickly setup a PHP environment.Do not hesitate to point-out spelling/grammar mistakes as I'm not a native english speaker.