dev_appserver.py complains of missing pdo_mysql.so on simple F3 PHP application

[Chris Hoffman]

I'm on linux and have a simple helloworld-level Fat-Free Framework php application consisting of a single route to a single view. I am only requiring F3's base.php. Absolutely no sql anything.

When I build a simple yaml file pointing to the index.php and start the dev_appserver, it complains that it can't find pdo_mysql.so but nowhere in the code is mysql referenced. The error message from dev_appserver indicates it is looking for pdo_mysql.so in the appengine-php-extension-master/modules/ directory (where I had previously successfully built gae_runtime_module.so). I have no local php.ini defined.

I can successfully run dev_appserver.py against some simple php file, but as soon as it uses F3, it complains about pdo, curl, json, mysql, mysqli and pdo_mysql.so not being loaded as they are not found even though I'm not using any of these in this simple case.

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated,
Chris

[Chris Hoffman]

Update. I got this working. The issue is linux users have to build a php instance from source per https://gae-php-tips.appspot.com/2014/11/15/app-engine-php-1-9-17-pre-release-sdk/. The dev appserver works OK once it is configured to point at this newly compiled php instance. The google documentation on this should be improved. The reason for the missing libraries errors is because the appengine extension expects them to be compiled into the corresponding php version. I'm closing on this issue for now.