Functional test: sqlite does not include soundex()

Question

Attempts to build a functional test where soundex() is required fail due to the fact that the function by default is not compiled in pdo_sqlite. Functional tests are being built using LiipFunctionalTestBundle.

The error reported is:

PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1 no such function: Soundex

and the SQLite documentation says:

The soundex(X) function ... is omitted from SQLite by default

I've tried (from php docs) $db->sqliteCreateFunction('soundex', 'sqlite_soundex', 1); where

    function sqlite_soundex($string)
    {
        return soundex($string);
    }

but get

...sqlite_soundex is not callable...

So, how to compile a version of Windows php_pdo_sqlite.dll? (SQLite docs show how to compile a "plain" sqlite.dll.) Or is there a better solution?

Edit - with MS Visual Studio 12 Express, compile time option unknown!

>cl sqlite3.c  -SQLITE_SOUNDEX  -link -dll -out:php_pdo_sqlite.dll
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 17.00.50727.1 for x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-SQLITE_SOUNDEX'
sqlite3.c
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 11.00.50727.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

/out:sqlite3.exe
-dll
-out:php_pdo_sqlite.dll
sqlite3.obj

Answer 1

How to add the soundex() function to php_pdo_sqlite.dll

The following is an adaptation of the instructions Build your own PHP on Windows. I used Visual Studio 12 Express for Desktop & PHP 5.5 source code from windows.php.net.

Proceed per instructions up to extracting source code into the tree. At that point I modified C:\php-sdk\phpdev\vc9\x86\php-5.5.18\ext\pdo_sqlite\config.w32, adding /D SQLITE_SOUNDEX

config.w32 snippet

// $Id$
// vim:ft=javascript

ARG_WITH("pdo-sqlite", "for pdo_sqlite support", "no");

if (PHP_PDO_SQLITE != "no") {
    EXTENSION("pdo_sqlite", "pdo_sqlite.c sqlite_driver.c sqlite_statement.c", null, "/DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=" + (PHP_ZTS == "yes" ? "1" : "0") + " /D SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1 /D SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 /D SQLITE_CORE=1 /D SQLITE_SOUNDEX /I" + configure_module_dirname + "/../sqlite3/libsqlite /I" + configure_module_dirname);
    
    ADD_EXTENSION_DEP('pdo_sqlite', 'pdo');
    // If pdo_sqlite is static, and sqlite3 is also static, then we don't add a second copy of the sqlite3 libs
    if (PHP_PDO_SQLITE_SHARED || PHP_SQLITE3_SHARED || PHP_SQLITE3 == 'no') {
        ADD_SOURCES(configure_module_dirname + "/../sqlite3/libsqlite", "sqlite3.c", "pdo_sqlite");
    }
}

Step 14: configure --disable-all --enable-cli --enable-pdo --with-pdo-sqlite=shared

Step 15: nmake php_pdo_sqlite.dll

The result was a php_pdo_sqlite.dll in the ...\Release_TS directory

I needed to update my PHP installation from 5.4 to 5.5 and tested. The original sqlite dll caused the soundex() error. The replacement dll allowed the test to pass. SUCCESS!

EDIT - for PHP 7.0.0

After several failed attempts, changing Step 14 above to configure --disable-all --enable-pdo --with-pdo-sqlite=shared --enable-apache2-4handler allowed creation of a php_pdo_sqlite.dll with the soundex() function.