Xapian Bindings 1.2.7/8 in PHP: undefined symbol: zend_error_noreturn in Unknown on line

Slightly frustrated blogpost on Xapian versions 1.2.7 or higher when compiling it for PHP 5.3. If you configure bindings & core it seems to work just fine, but when loading the Xapian module in PHP this is the error that pops up.

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/xapian.so' - 
      /usr/lib64/php/modules/xapian.so: undefined symbol: zend_error_noreturn in Unknown on line 0

PHP development packages were in order, this was actually a PHP 5.3 config, … Nothing could actually explain that error. When downloading Xapian 1.2.5 it gave no problems whatsoever. So, my advice to you, try downloading Xapian 1.2.5 instead of the newer versions if you experience that error.

• Xapian Core 1.2.5
• Xapian Bindings 1.2.5

Create the Xapian Core as simple as:

./configure
make
make install

And the Xapian Bindings as:

./configure --with-php
make
make install

And most likely your Xapian module will be loaded properly in PHP.