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Make errors when installing ffmpeg-php-0.6.0

When installing ffmpeg-php-0.6.0 getting the the following errors

In file included from /usr/include/sys/stat.h:107,
 from /usr/include/php/main/php_streams.h:28,
 from /usr/include/php/main/php.h:395, 
 from /root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg-php.c:40:
/usr/include/bits/stat.h:91: error: field ‘st_atim’ has incomplete type
/usr/include/bits/stat.h:92: error: field ‘st_mtim’ has incomplete type
/usr/include/bits/stat.h:93: error: field ‘st_ctim’ has incomplete type
/usr/include/bits/stat.h:152: error: field ‘st_atim’ has incomplete type
/usr/include/bits/stat.h:153: error: field ‘st_mtim’ has incomplete type
/usr/include/bits/stat.h:154: error: field ‘st_ctim’ has incomplete type
In file included from /usr/include/php/main/php_streams.h:28,
 from /usr/include/php/main/php.h:395,
 from /root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg-php.c:40:
/usr/include/sys/stat.h:367: error: array type has incomplete element type
/usr/include/sys/stat.h:374: error: array type has incomplete element type
In file included from /usr/include/php/main/php.h:401,
 from /root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg-php.c:40:
/usr/include/php/TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.h:218: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘time_t’
/usr/include/php/TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.h:246: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘time_t’
/root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg-php.c: In function ‘zm_startup_ffmpeg’:
/root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg-php.c:94: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘avcodec_init’

Then,  looking up for hours, it seems that time.h for some apparent reason has been used in ffmpeg 1.2.1 (this is what I tested). This caused conflict with the OS’s own file of the same name.

I have found a git repo maintained bytony2001 who has made changes to the original project and using his repo has helped me install it successfully on CentOS-6.2, CentOS-6.3 and CentOS-6.4

Follow the steps below to install it

git clone https://github.com/tony2001/ffmpeg-php.git
cd ffmpeg-php
phpize
./configure
make && make install

Vishwajit Kale
Vishwajit Kale blazed onto the digital marketing scene back in 2015 and is the digital marketing strategist of Hostripples, a company that aims to provide affordable web hosting solutions. Vishwajit is experienced in digital and content marketing along with SEO. He's fond of writing technology blogs, traveling and reading.

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