MacOS High Sierra
php 7.1
pecl install lua (fails with the following error)
Error:
checking for lua in default path... not found configure: error: Please reinstall the lua distribution - lua.h should be in /include/ ERROR: `/private/tmp/pear/temp/lua/configure --with-php-config=/usr/local/opt/php@7.1/bin/php-config' failed
solution:
pecl download lua
tar xvzf lua-2.0.4.tgz
cd lua-2.0.4
phpize
EDIT "configure" script, find line where lib paths are declared (search for "/usr/lib64 ..." ), add "/usr/local/lib" path, proceed with installation
./configure
make
make install
add path to "lua.so" to your php.ini file