Adding IMAP to PHP 7.2 on OSX

Question

I\'m using PHP 7.2 on OS X El Capitan, installed using Homebrew (of course). Now I\'d like to use some IMAP functions from PHP\'s IMAP extension, but no matter what I search

Answer 1

This answer for those who prefer installing imap ext using native commands without adding other taps or smth else.

In short we need to compile extension from sources. Ok, here is the process.

$ # Download sources from php.net of already installed php version. 
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wget https://www.php.net/distributions/php-7.3.5.tar.gz
$ gunzip php-7.3.5.tar.gz
$ tar xvf php-7.3.5.tar
$ # Go to ext dir 
$ cd php-7.3.5/ext/imap
$ # prepare extension using phpize command, you should 
$ # ensure that you use phpize of proper version from 
$ # already installed php version as checking the API version for example
$ phpize
$ # prepare dependencies
$ # install openssl and imap
$ brew install openssl
$ brew install imap-uw
$ # after all installation check the installed paths of the exts
$ ./configure --with-kerberos --with-imap-ssl=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2r/ --with-imap=/usr/local/Cellar/imap-uw/2007f/
$ make
$ # get extension dir 
$ php -i | grep extension_dir
extension_dir => /usr/local/lib/php/pecl/20180731 => /usr/local/lib/php/pecl/20180731
$ cp modules/imap.so /usr/local/lib/php/pecl/20180731/
$ # add extension to your php.ini
# [imap]
# extension="imap.so"

That's it. Be lucky!

Answer 2

Kevin Abel is providing some of the PHP extensions removed from Homebrew/core. You can install the IMAP extension with:

brew tap kabel/php-ext
brew install php-imap

To install a specific version, such as 7.2 use:

brew install php@7.2-imap

Answer 3

For those who have trouble in Mojave, I have forked the repository and fixed it use: brew tap vishal-sancheti/php-ext instead

Answer 4

After expired kabel/php-ext/php@7.2-imap, I used another tap:

brew tap shivammathur/php

brew tap shivammathur/extensions

brew install imap@7.2

Answer 5

Here is how I solved this problem under Mojave:

First, I installed IMAP module for PHP 7.2

brew install kabel/php-ext/php@7.2-imap

Secondly I copied the imap.so from installed folder to the 'extension_dir' used by php.ini

sudo cp /usr/local/lib/php/20170718/imap.so to /usr/local/lib/php/pecl/20170718