MAC - 当在brew中找不到想要的PHP扩展时的解决办法

The PHP version that comes bundled with OS X doesn't include PostgreSQL. You'll have to compile the extension yourself. Here are some instructions:

1. Find your version of PHP: php -v.
2. Download the version of PHP that matches yours: curl -O http://us.php.net/distributions/php-5.3.3.tar.gz. (This example downloads PHP 5.3.3 but this must match your version)
3. Extract the archive you downloaded: tar -xzvf php-5.3.3.tar.gz
4. Change to the PostgreSQL's extension directory: cd php-5.3.3/ext/pgsql/
5. Type phpize.
6. Type ./configure.
7. Type make.
8. Type sudo make install.
9. Add the extension to you php.ini file by adding extension=pgsql.so. (You may already have done this)
10. Restart Apache.

Update for OS X Mountain Lion Apple has removed autoconf from the newer versions of XCode so the procedure above will fail at #5. To solve that problem:

1. Type /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fksSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)".
2. Type sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/Cellar.
3. Type brew update.
4. Type brew install autoconf.

That should install autoconf and allow you to install the module using the instructions above.

来源：Enabling PostgreSQL support in PHP on Mac OS X