Comment 7 for bug 1291249

php config still fails because it looks for libmysqlclient:

configure:60738: checking for mysql_close in -lmysqlclient
configure:60757: gcc -o conftest -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib conftest.c -lmysqlclient -lmcrypt -lltdl -lcrypt -lpam -liconv -lfreetype -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lcurl -lz -lpcre -lrt -lm -ldl -lnsl -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto -lcurl -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm -lssl -lcrypto -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto 1>&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 60746 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
char mysql_close();

int main() {
mysql_close()
; return 0; }
configure:60980: checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient
configure:60999: gcc -o conftest -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr -L/usr conftest.c -lmysqlclient -lz -lmcrypt -lltdl -lcrypt -lpam -liconv -lfreetype -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lcurl -lz -lpcre -lrt -lm -ldl -lnsl -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto -lcurl -lxml2 -lz -liconv -lm -lssl -lcrypto -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto 1>&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 60988 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
char mysql_error();

int main() {
mysql_error()
; return 0; }

As a workaround, I've set the configure options to use mysqlnd:

        --with-mysql=mysqlnd \
        --with-mysqli=mysqlnd \
        --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \

So, I've been unable to configure php ( 5.3.27 ) with libperconaserverclient as libmysqlclient, but at least I have found a workaround.