How to Install a Patch in PHP

Question

I need to install this patch in my PHP code:

Can any body explain how?

My PHP Version : 5.4.10

It looks one must also google 'how to run a patch' after finding a patch like i did for the first time when i had this kind of error. yikes — Ishmael Mavor Raines, Nov 01 '22 at 07:43

Shiplu Mokaddim · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-16T08:09:37.160

7

You must have the source and patch file before you can patch it. Its quite simple.

Go to the root directory of PHP 5.4 source code
Run patch -p0 < /path/to/patch.patch
If it shows an error, undo it by patch -R < /path/to/patch.patch. and adjust the -p num value. and go to step 2. Here -p is the smallest prefix containing num leading slashes from each file name found in the patch file. A sequence of one or more adjacent slashes is counted as a single slash. This controls how file names found in the patch file are treated, in case you keep your files in a different directory than the person who sent out the patch. For example, supposing the file name in the patch file was
```
/u/howard/src/blurfl/blurfl.c
```
setting -p0 gives the entire file name unmodified, -p1 gives
```
u/howard/src/blurfl/blurfl.c
```
without the leading slash, -p4 gives
```
blurfl/blurfl.c
```
and not specifying -p at all just gives you blurfl.c. Whatever you end up with is looked for either in the current directory, or the directory specified by the -d option. The number after -p can be determined by following
After that you need to compile this patched version of PHP. Compiling instructions are included PHP source directory. To build it in Unix use README.UNIX-BUILD-SYSTEM file and for Windows use README.WIN32-BUILD-SYSTEM file.

edited Jan 16 '13 at 08:09

answered Jan 16 '13 at 07:54

Shiplu Mokaddim

.. and after that you'll have to build PHP, just .. to make sure the asker understands that. :-) There might also be better ways to do it depending on the distribution used (if on linux) which will allow you to use the existing build procedure and source. – MatsLindh Jan 16 '13 at 07:59
Thanks. Added that information – Shiplu Mokaddim Jan 16 '13 at 08:09
How would one do this in a Windows environment? – user752746 May 16 '19 at 19:38
@user752746 the process is same. There is a [patch utility for window](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4780282/linux-patch-command-utility-for-windows). And see php.net for compiling PHP on windows. – Shiplu Mokaddim May 17 '19 at 07:06
Thanks @Shiplu Mokaddim! I'll check it out. – user752746 May 17 '19 at 16:09

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '13 at 07:52

Download your file as something like php_upload_larger_than_2g.patch.

Place it on your system.

Run: patch /path/to/patch/php_upload_larger_than_2g.patch /path/to/patching/file/whatever.php

This should 'patch' that file. Note this only works in Unix-like systems.

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