php5-ftp php5 5.3.2 upgrade disables ftp

[micrology]

I did a 'port upgrade outdated' on an installation in which php5 and php5-ftp had previously been installed (and in which php5-ftp worked correctly). The effect was that php5 became configured without the --enable-ftp flag, and ftp functions were no longer available within php. To correct the problem, I had to force upgrade first php5-ftp and then php5. I guess that there maybe a sequencing issue here.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please remember to fill in the Port field and cc the maintainer.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Why do you mention php 5.2.3? The php5 ports are at version 5.3.2.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Nigel indicated by email that this is a typo and he meant 5.3.2.

Ok, so then the next question is why FTP didn't work for you when you installed php5-ftp and restarted your web server. I can't explain why. It is correct and intentional that installing just the php5 port will not give you FTP support, and that accordingly it does not use the --enable-ftp flag. The way to get FTP support in PHP is to then also install the php5-ftp port (this will add the PHP FTP extension and a text file telling PHP to load it) and restart your web server. You are certain this did not work?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Is this still a problem with 5.3.9?

[micrology]

I have just upgraded from 5.3.8 to 5.3.9 and all seems well. So the problem seems to have gone. Thank you.