use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I can't make PHP::Interpreter work. I got it installed, but running it yields:

$ perl -wle 'use PHP::Interpreter'
Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/PHP/Interpreter/Interpreter
+.so' for module PHP::Interpreter: /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/PHP/
+Interpreter/Interpreter.so: undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable at 
+/usr/lib/perl/5.8/DynaLoader.pm line 225.
 at -e line 1
Compilation failed in require at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.
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I have

$ php5 -v
PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 (cli) (built: Feb 27 200
+8 20:43:54) 
$ uname -a
Linux foo 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 G
+NU/Linux
$ perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi
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I even tried the Makefile.PL from Making PHP::Interpreter easier to install (which worked with the following patch):

26c26
<   my @incdirs = map { s/^-I//g; chomp; $_ } split(/ /, $inc);
---
>   my @incdirs = map { s/^-I//g; chomp; $_ } grep { /^-I/ } split(/ /
+, $inc);
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perl Makefile.PL says:

$ perl Makefile.PL
using php version 5.2.4-2ubuntu5
using prefix /usr
using includes -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/php5 -I/usr/include/php5/
+main -I/usr/include/php5/TSRM -I/usr/include/php5/Zend -I/usr/include
+/php5/ext -I/usr/include/php5/ext/date/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FIL
+E_OFFSET_BITS=64
using lddlflags -shared -L/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib
using libs -L/usr/lib -lphp5
Checking header files...
using incdir '/usr/include'
using incdir '/usr/include/php5'
using incdir '/usr/include/php5/main'
using incdir '/usr/include/php5/TSRM'
using incdir '/usr/include/php5/Zend'
using incdir '/usr/include/php5/ext'
using incdir '/usr/include/php5/ext/date/lib'
Found /usr/include/php5/Zend/zend.h
Found /usr/include/php5/Zend/zend_ini.h
Found /usr/include/php5/Zend/zend_interfaces.h
Found /usr/include/php5/Zend/zend_compile.h
Found /usr/include/php5/Zend/zend_API.h
Found /usr/include/php5/TSRM/TSRM.h
Found /usr/include/php5/main/php.h
Found /usr/include/php5/main/php_config.h
Found /usr/include/php5/main/php_ini.h
Found /usr/include/php5/main/SAPI.h
Found /usr/include/php5/main/php_main.h
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lphp5
Writing Makefile for PHP::Interpreter
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make says:

$ make
cp lib/PHP/Interpreter/Resource.pm blib/lib/PHP/Interpreter/Resource.p
+m
cp lib/PHP/Interpreter/Class.pm blib/lib/PHP/Interpreter/Class.pm
cp a.pl blib/lib/PHP/a.pl
cp b.pl blib/lib/PHP/b.pl
cp lib/PHP/Interpreter.pm blib/lib/PHP/Interpreter.pm
/usr/bin/perl /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/share
+/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  PHP.xs > PHP.xsc && mv P
+HP.xsc PHP.c
cc -c  -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/php5 -I/usr/include/php5/main -I/
+usr/include/php5/TSRM -I/usr/include/php5/Zend -I/usr/include/php5/ex
+t -I/usr/include/php5/ext/date/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET
+_BITS=64 -g -O2   -DVERSION=\"1.0.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.0.1\" -fPIC "-
+I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   PHP.c
In file included from /usr/include/php5/main/php.h:34,
                 from phpinterp.h:11,
                 from PHP.xs:13:
/usr/include/php5/Zend/zend.h:34:1: warning: "END_EXTERN_C" redefined
In file included from PHP.xs:3:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:242:1: warning: this is the location of 
+the previous definition
PHP.c: In function ‘XS_PHP__Interpreter__Resource_FETCH’:
PHP.c:1438: warning: useless type name in empty declaration
cc -c  -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/php5 -I/usr/include/php5/main -I/
+usr/include/php5/TSRM -I/usr/include/php5/Zend -I/usr/include/php5/ex
+t -I/usr/include/php5/ext/date/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET
+_BITS=64 -g -O2   -DVERSION=\"1.0.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.0.1\" -fPIC "-
+I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   phpinterp.c
In file included from /usr/include/php5/main/php.h:34,
                 from phpinterp.h:11,
                 from phpinterp.c:13:
/usr/include/php5/Zend/zend.h:34:1: warning: "END_EXTERN_C" redefined
In file included from phpinterp.c:3:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:242:1: warning: this is the location of 
+the previous definition
cc -c  -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/php5 -I/usr/include/php5/main -I/
+usr/include/php5/TSRM -I/usr/include/php5/Zend -I/usr/include/php5/ex
+t -I/usr/include/php5/ext/date/lib -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET
+_BITS=64 -g -O2   -DVERSION=\"1.0.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.0.1\" -fPIC "-
+I/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE"   phpfuncs.c
In file included from /usr/include/php5/main/php.h:34,
                 from phpinterp.h:11,
                 from phpfuncs.c:5:
/usr/include/php5/Zend/zend.h:34:1: warning: "END_EXTERN_C" redefined
In file included from phpfuncs.c:2:
/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE/perl.h:242:1: warning: this is the location of 
+the previous definition
phpfuncs.c: In function ‘zm_startup_sandwich’:
phpfuncs.c:1054: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
Running Mkbootstrap for PHP::Interpreter ()
chmod 644 Interpreter.bs
rm -f blib/arch/auto/PHP/Interpreter/Interpreter.so
cc  -shared -L/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib PHP.o phpinterp.o 
+phpfuncs.o  -o blib/arch/auto/PHP/Interpreter/Interpreter.so     \
             \
      
chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/PHP/Interpreter/Interpreter.so
cp Interpreter.bs blib/arch/auto/PHP/Interpreter/Interpreter.bs
chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/PHP/Interpreter/Interpreter.bs
Manifying blib/man3/PHP::Interpreter::Resource.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/PHP::Interpreter::Class.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/PHP::Interpreter.3pm
$
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make install says:

$ sudo make install
Installing /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/PHP/Interpreter/Interpreter.
+so
Files found in blib/arch: installing files in blib/lib into architectu
+re dependent library tree
Writing /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/PHP/Interpreter/.packlist
Appending installation info to /usr/lib/perl/5.8/perllocal.pod
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Anyone who can guide a confused Monk in the quest for enlightenment?

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Re: use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable by Herkum (Parson) on Jun 02, 2008 at 21:19 UTC
I would hazard a guess that your php libraries are out-of-date or it compiles an .so which is out-dated. That is usually what happens when you see this sort of errors with other perl modules.	[reply]
Re^2: use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable by Anonymous Monk on Jun 03, 2008 at 06:47 UTC
I would hazard a guess that your php libraries are out-of-date or it compiles an .so which is out-dated. Well, first I tried the stock php from ubuntu (php 5.2.4-2ubuntu5), which gave the above error. Then I reverted to the php released prior to the last release of PHP::Interpreter, which was: php-5.0.5 (05 Sep 2005). It failed with the same error: `undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable`. Then I tried the most recent php from source: php-5.2.6 (01 May 2008). Which also fail in the same way. What can I do to resolve the out-date issue?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable by Herkum (Parson) on Jun 03, 2008 at 15:08 UTC
I could not find anything on Google and zend_ce_traversable definitely looks to be a part of a PHP header file. So the question is where is the error? Lets assume that it is not PHP, then it might be the make for the module. That is something that is out of my scope of knowledge. I looked up PHP::Interpeter and the last release is Sep 2005 and noticed that 7 out of 8 system tests fail. I would say that the module itself got broke at some point when PHP was getting updated. I am afraid you might be out of look with this module. However, I did a PHP module that might do what you are looking for. It is a little more current in support and passed smoke tests on 5.8.8 on Linux 2.6.22.10. Good luck	[reply]
Re^4: use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable by Anonymous Monk on Jun 04, 2008 at 11:34 UTC
Re: use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable by andreas1234567 (Vicar) on Nov 11, 2008 at 20:39 UTC
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lphp5 This is not harmless, in fact, PHP::Interpreter won't work unless the php library (i.e. `/usr/local/lib/libphp5.so` on Linux) is found. I think part of the problem is that the stock php is not `configure`'d with the `--enable-embed` option: `./configure --enable-embed` [download] Download the php sources, compile and install. php will by default install itself into `/usr/local` on a Linux system, and the stock Makefile.PL assumes both the php header files and the php libraries can be found there. The README contains build instructions (which BTW works with php 5.2.x also): `1) Download the PHP sources from php.net 2) tar zxf php-5.1.x.tar.gz 3) cd php-5.1.x 4) ./configure --enable-embed [any other options you want] 5) make 6) make install 7) install PHP::Interpreter` [download] Checkpoints: After step 6 but before step 7, check that `libphp5.so` can be found in `/usr/local/lib`. In step 7, during `perl Makefile.PL`, make sure you don't get the `No library found for -lphp5`. -- No matter how great and destructive your problems may seem now, remember, you've probably only seen the tip of them. [1]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable by Anonymous Monk on Dec 02, 2008 at 21:02 UTC
yum provides /usr/lib/libphp5.so and voilá : we need php-embedded-5.2.6-5.i386	[reply]
Re^3: use PHP::Interpreter throws undefined symbol: zend_ce_traversable by Anonymous Monk on Dec 17, 2008 at 22:01 UTC
Yes, the lucky guys who have yum available just type yum install php-embedded Although you get the /usr/lib/libphp5.so immediately with this way, I ran into the problem there was another symbol missing for "dbase". So I compiled the latest version of PHP as suggested above on my notebook with additionally ./configure --enable-embed --enable-dbase Then, all you need to copy to another machine is the fresh created libphp5.so into /usr/lib. This binary was fully portable. compiled on Fedora 9, ran perfect on Fedora 5 as well. This shit runs amazingly fast. I'm using this wrapper for creating nice-looking PDFs with PHP's fpdf. Didn't see an easy-to-use PDF interface for Perl so far. So to conclude this second recipe and maybe increase the Google ranking for people who're seeking such answers here's the complete procedure that worked on 3 servers: 1.) yum install php-devel 2.) Download and compile the latest release of PHP from php.net ./configure --enable-embed --enable-dbase make make test su - make install You may compile this bundle on your Notebook for example (Guess we're talking about Linux on all systems ;). All you'll need later is the file "libphp5.so". So for future distributing the functionality of PHP::Interpreter you could omit this point. 3.) Then, cd /usr/lib --> copy "libphp5.so" here. 4.) force install PHP::Interpreter Have fun! --reto	[reply]