title: How do I enable SQLite on OSX 10.13.3
body: <p>after hours of googleing, i've decided to write my problem here:</p>
  
  <p>I simply wanna use the SQLite library in PHP. But i am getting this error here:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function sqlite_open() 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I have followed this instructions here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/929585/how-to-enable-the-pdo-driver-for-sqlite3-in-php">How to enable the PDO driver for sqlite3 in php?</a></p>
  
  <p>but then I recognized that .dll extensions are not compatible with Linux Distributions or MAC OSX Systems.</p>
  
  <p>Then I have found this here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7186371/how-do-i-enable-sqlite3-in-os-x-10-5-8-with-php">How do I enable Sqlite3 in OS X 10.5.8 with PHP?</a></p>
  
  <p>and i have tried this here:</p>
  
  <pre><code>- intalling MacPorts 
  - $ sudo port install php5-sqlite
  - $ sudo port uninstall php5
  - $ sudo port install php5 +apache2 +sqlite
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>without success.</p>
  
  <p>So what i have found out is that sqlite is already installed in OSX High Sierra, but PHP could not find my sqlite distribution for some reason</p>
  
  <p>and additionaly really strange is that my phpinf() gives me this here</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cYUwk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cYUwk.png" alt="SQLITE was alreayd found "></a></p>
  
  <p>But why then my sqlite_open() functions was not found?</p>
  
  <p>I am really confused, becasue the function is not deprecated.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.sqlite-open.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://php.net/manual/en/function.sqlite-open.php</a></p>
  
  <p>please could anyone give me a lil hint here...</p>
  
  <p>Thank you so much!</p>
  
  <p>greets</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: i am using the 7.17 PHP Version</p>