[arch-general] php5.2.6 and iconv support failure

[Adam Stokes]

iconv support does not seem to be complete in this package :

Sample code :

<?php
echo iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", "This is a test.");
?>

php -i :
Configure Command =>  './configure'  '--prefix=/usr'
'--sysconfdir=/etc/php' '--with-layout=GNU'
'--with-config-file-path=/etc/php'
'--with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php/conf.d'
'--enable-inline-optimization' '--disable-debug' '--disable-rpath'
'--disable-static' '--enable-shared' '--mandir=/usr/share/man'
'--disable-cgi' '--with-readline' '--enable-pcntl'
'--with-pear=/usr/share/pear' '--with-openssl=shared'
'--with-zlib=shared' '--enable-bcmath=shared' '--with-bz2=shared'
'--enable-calendar=shared' '--with-curl=shared' '--enable-dba=shared'
'--without-db2' '--without-db3' '--with-db4=shared'
'--with-gdbm=shared' '--enable-dbase=shared' '--enable-exif=shared'
'--enable-ftp=shared' '--with-gd=shared' '--enable-gd-native-ttf'
'--with-jpeg-dir=shared,/usr' '--with-png-dir=shared,/usr'
'--with-gettext=shared' '--with-imap=shared' '--with-imap-ssl=shared'
'--with-ldap=shared' '--enable-mbstring=shared' '--with-mcrypt=shared'
'--with-mysql=shared' '--with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock'
'--with-mysql=shared' '--with-mysqli=shared' '--with-ncurses=shared'
'--with-unixODBC=shared,/usr' '--enable-pdo=shared'
'--with-pdo-mysql=shared' '--with-pdo-sqlite=shared'
'--with-pdo-odbc=shared,unixODBC,/usr' '--with-pdo-pgsql=shared'
'--with-sqlite=shared' '--with-pgsql=shared' '--enable-shmop=shared'
'--with-snmp=shared' '--enable-soap=shared'
'--enable-sqlite-utf8=shared' '--enable-sysvmsg=shared'
'--enable-sysvsem=shared' '--enable-sysvshm=shared'
'--with-tidy=shared' '--with-xsl=shared' '--enable-zip=shared'
'--enable-posix=shared' '--enable-sockets=shared' '--enable-xml'
'--with-ttf=shared' '--enable-session=shared' '--with-regex=php'
'--with-pcre-regex=/usr' '--enable-mbstring=all' '--enable-mbregex'
'--enable-json=shared' '--with-iconv=shared' '--with-xmlrpc=shared'
'--with-pspell=shared' '--with-freetype-dir=shared,/usr'
'--with-mime-magic=shared'

--
is it a configuration issue on my end or are we missing something
during buildtime?

thanks

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