dev-libs/xapian-bindings-1.0.10 (and all other versions) should create /etc/php/*/ext/xapian.ini when USE php is set to enable the xapian extension in php as other extensions do: pdflib, mapscript, proj from the top of my head. It should also create a symlink to xapian.ini inside /etc/php/*/ext-active xapina.ini should read: extension=xapian.so
Xapian-bindings is a swig wrapper that comes in many flavors. PHP herd: Please join in with bringing the php-part of this ebuild up to date and address the specifics of this bug
*** Bug 349445 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This should be fixed in newer versions. Please try xapian-1.2.7-r2 and report back.
No response from the original reporter. Also, it works for me. So I'm closing this one. Please reopen if it *really* is still a problem.