Enabling PostgreSQL support in PHP on Mac OS X

Question

I\'m having a terribly difficult time getting the command \"pg_connect()\" to work properly on my Mac. I\'m currently writing a PHP script (to be executed from console) to r

Answer 1

The PHP version that comes bundled with OS X doesn't include PostgreSQL. You'll have to compile the extension yourself. Here are some instructions:

1. Find your version of PHP: php -v.
2. Download the version of PHP that matches yours: curl -O http://us.php.net/distributions/php-5.3.3.tar.gz. (This example downloads PHP 5.3.3 but this must match your version)
3. Extract the archive you downloaded: tar -xzvf php-5.3.3.tar.gz
4. Change to the PostgreSQL's extension directory: cd php-5.3.3/ext/pgsql/
5. Type phpize.
6. Type ./configure.
7. Type make.
8. Type sudo make install.
9. Add the extension to you php.ini file by adding extension=pgsql.so. (You may already have done this)
10. Restart Apache.

Update for OS X Mountain Lion Apple has removed autoconf from the newer versions of XCode so the procedure above will fail at #5. To solve that problem:

1. Type /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fksSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)".
2. Type sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/Cellar.
3. Type brew update.
4. Type brew install autoconf.

That should install autoconf and allow you to install the module using the instructions above.

Answer 2

For those who installed php7/ngix/postgres with homebrew

You can install the PostgreSQL module with:

brew install php70-pdo-pgsql

After that, you have to restart the php service:

brew services restart php70

Answer 3

For php56 via brew:

brew install php56-pdo-pgsql

Answer 4

For those of you having openssl error while make here is the solution

OSX uses openssl 0.98 while installer is searching for 1.0.0

refer this link for instructions

psycopg2 installation error - Library not loaded: libssl.dylib