Adding new PHP extensions to Mac OS X as well as building pdo_mysql

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OS X PHP Extensions directory (Useful for installing addons)
/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613

Installing PDO Mysql on OS X
   1. Download and install MySQL 5.0 Downloads
   2. cd /usr/local/mysql/lib
   3. sudo ln -s . mysql
   4. cd
   5. Download PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2.tgz
   6. gunzip PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2.tgz
   7. tar -xvf PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2.tar
   8. cd PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2
   9. phpize
  10. LDFLAGS='-arch x86_64' ./configure --with-pdo-mysql=shared,/usr/local/mysql
  11. make
  12. sudo make install
  13. In /etc/php.ini, add “extension=pdo_mysql.so”. You might have to copy php.ini.default to php.ini first.