> > Okay,
> > 
> > I have gave this a try, and after correct 2 problems, I seems get it built. 
>  (
> > I haven't run the test yet, but thought just to let you know).
> > 
> > 1) is the sys/dir.h need to be tested in configure, otherwise main/php_ini.c
>  
> 
> I'd like to know what this means.   How do I get sys/dir.h to be tested in 
> configure?   I recall some minor problem in main/php_ini.c, but not what is is
> .   I'm going to start over and document, so maybe I will understand then.

The perticular diff for configure looks like below. (basically in that head list, add sys/dir.h) I will try your config 
first. (but probably have to build mysql first).
 
@@ -16400,7 +16400,8 @@ utime.h \
 sys/utsname.h \
 sys/ipc.h \
 dlfcn.h \
-assert.h
+assert.h \
+sys/dir.h

Please don't use these options yet.   Here are the fixed versions, along with a log of what was needed to compile php.  
 The install does not work yet, nor is mod_php generated for reasons  explained below.

New Configure Arguments, note that some are commented out.

Makefile:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-discard-path
Makefile:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-force-cgi-redirect
Makefile:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-fastcgi
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-config-file-path=${PKG_SYSCONFDIR:Q}
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-regex=system
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-mysql
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-sqlite
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-iconv
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-pear
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-posix
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-dom
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-pdo
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-json
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-xml
Makefile.php:#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-libxml-dir=${PREFIX:Q}
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-libxml-dir=/usr/pkg
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-apxs2
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-iconv-dir=/usr/pkg
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-iconv=/usr/pkg
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-mysql=/usr/pkg/lib/mysql
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-mysqli=/usr/pkg/bin/mysql_config
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-exif
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-gd=/usr/pkg
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-zlib=/usr/pkg
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/pkg
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-ipv6
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-ipv6
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-openssl=${BUILDLINK_PREFIX.openssl}
Makefile.php:CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-openssl

Steps that created php

1) rename libbind.a as suggested by Xiaodan

2) Run bmake in lang/php5 and after configure is created
	Modify configure script to use bash instead of ksh
	add sys/dir.h at line 16400 as suggested by Xiaodan

3) In /usr/pkgsrc/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.4/ext/mysql/php_mysql.c
	ushort is not defined on line 236, changed it to unsigned short

4) There appears to be a bug in <stdio.h>
If you put "#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64" before <stdio.h>
then the is a conflicting types error for fseeko().
This can be fixed by inserting #define SQLITE_DISABLE_LFS in 
/usr/pkgsrc/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.4/ext/pdo_sqlite/sqlite/src/sqliteInt.h
at line 48

5) In /usr/pkgsrc/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.4/ext/posix/posix.c line 727
makedev() has only 2 arguments, insert a third value 0 as the first argument.

6) The link of libphp5.la indicates 
*** Warning: inter-library dependencies are not known to be supported.
*** All declared inter-library dependencies are being dropped.

*** Warning: libtool could not satisfy all declared inter-library
*** dependencies of module libphp5.  Therefore, libtool will create
*** a static module, that should work as long as the dlopening
*** application is linked with the -dlopen flag.

This is the first time I've run into this with pkgsrc, and it will
cause problems with mod_php running with Apache.   I've dealt with this before,
but I hope it can be resolved without hacks.  It is necessary to get rid of
this problem because otherwise libphp5.so will not be created, and it is
turned into mod_php.so which is needed by Apache.

I'd appreciate any assitance on why this is happening.
Something to do with the mysteries of libtool I think.