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+#
+# Author::  David Kinzer (<dtkinzer@gmail.com>)
+# Cookbook Name:: php
+# Recipe:: recompile
+#
+# Copyright 2014, David Kinzer
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+version = node['php']['version']
+configure_options = node['php']['configure_options'].join(' ')
+ext_dir_prefix = node['php']['ext_dir'] ? "EXTENSION_DIR=#{node['php']['ext_dir']}" : ''
+
+node['php']['src_deps'].each do |pkg|
+  package pkg do
+    action 'install'
+  end
+end
+
+remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/php-#{version}.tar.gz" do
+  source "#{node['php']['url']}/php-#{version}.tar.gz/from/this/mirror"
+  checksum node['php']['checksum']
+  mode '0644'
+  action 'create_if_missing'
+end
+
+bash 'un-pack php' do
+  cwd Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]
+  code "tar -zxf php-#{version}.tar.gz"
+  creates "#{node['php']['url']}/php-#{version}"
+end
+
+bash 're-build php' do
+  cwd "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/php-#{version}"
+  code <<-EOF
+  (make clean)
+  (#{ext_dir_prefix} ./configure #{configure_options})
+  (make && make install)
+  EOF
+end