--- php-5.4.0alpha2/configure.ac~	2011-08-07 12:43:31.000000000 +0300
+++ php-5.4.0alpha2/configure.ac	2011-08-07 12:44:11.495394662 +0300
@@ -1271,6 +1271,9 @@
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ARCHITECTURE,"$PHP_BUILD_ARCH",[build architecture])
 fi
 
+# shift so that extensions like xml are loaded first
+PHP_MODULES=$(echo "$PHP_MODULES" | sed -e 's,\(.*\)\(\$(phplibdir)/xml.la \),\2\1,')
+
 PHP_SUBST_OLD(PHP_INSTALLED_SAPIS)
 
 PHP_SUBST(PHP_FASTCGI_OBJS)
--- php-5.5.11/build/Makefile.global	2014-04-27 15:05:38.963814051 +0300
+++ php-5.5.11/build/Makefile.global	2014-04-27 15:09:54.438443707 +0300
@@ -81,8 +81,15 @@
 		done; \
 	fi
 
-PHP_TEST_SETTINGS = -d 'open_basedir=' -d 'output_buffering=0' -d 'memory_limit=-1'
+PHP_TEST_SETTINGS = -d 'open_basedir=' -d 'output_buffering=0' -d 'memory_limit=-1' -d 'safe_mode=0'
+PHP_TEST_SHARED_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS =
 PHP_TEST_SHARED_EXTENSIONS =  ` \
+	if test "x$(PHP_TEST_SHARED_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS)" != "x"; then \
+		for i in $(PHP_TEST_SHARED_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS)""; do \
+			dlname=$$i.$(SHLIB_DL_SUFFIX_NAME); \
+			$(top_srcdir)/build/shtool echo -n -- " -d extension=$(EXTENSION_DIR)/$$dlname"; \
+		done; \
+	fi; \
 	if test "x$(PHP_MODULES)" != "x"; then \
 		for i in $(PHP_MODULES)""; do \
 			. $$i; $(top_srcdir)/build/shtool echo -n -- " -d extension=$$dlname"; \
@@ -111,7 +118,9 @@
 		TEST_PHP_EXECUTABLE=$(PHP_EXECUTABLE) \
 		TEST_PHP_SRCDIR=$(top_srcdir) \
 		CC="$(CC)" \
-			$(PHP_EXECUTABLE) -n -c $(top_builddir)/tmp-php.ini $(PHP_TEST_SETTINGS) $(top_srcdir)/run-tests.php -n -c $(top_builddir)/tmp-php.ini -d extension_dir=$(top_builddir)/modules/ $(PHP_TEST_SHARED_EXTENSIONS) $(TESTS); \
+			$(PHP_EXECUTABLE) -n -c $(top_builddir)/tmp-php.ini \
+			$(PHP_TEST_SETTINGS) $(top_srcdir)/run-tests.php -n -c $(top_builddir)/tmp-php.ini \
+			-d extension_dir=$(top_builddir)/modules/ $(PHP_TEST_SHARED_EXTENSIONS) $(RUN_TESTS_SETTINGS) $(TESTS); \
 		TEST_RESULT_EXIT_CODE=$$?; \
 		rm $(top_builddir)/tmp-php.ini; \
 		exit $$TEST_RESULT_EXIT_CODE; \