Apache :: Need php_ssh2.dll for PHP 8.2.29, x64, TS, VC16

DavidSpector · Joined: 07 Oct 2017 Posts: 19 Location: Maine, USA

Can anyone give me a lead on getting a php_ssh2.dll file for PHP 8.2.29, x64, TS, VC16, and Windows, please?

I am so sorry PHP decided to use DLLs in its extensions. It just doesn't scale up to all the combinations of ways to compile PHP.

DavidSpector · Joined: 07 Oct 2017 Posts: 19 Location: Maine, USA

I downloaded php_ssh2-1.4.1-8.2-ts-vs16-x64 from https://pecl.php.net/package/ssh2/1.4.1/windows . I hope this is the right file for ssh2_connect and similar PHP functions.

DavidSpector · Joined: 07 Oct 2017 Posts: 19 Location: Maine, USA

This dll didn't work. And, like others, it was only 67 kb long, hardly enough for a DLL. So strange. Can anyone help?

DavidSpector · Joined: 07 Oct 2017 Posts: 19 Location: Maine, USA

I have found out that PHP is mainly installed on Linux using command-line tools that take care of all aspects of installation.

Windows users have some resources available: to install PHP correctly, download the initial files from https://windows.php.net/download/ . Because PHP uses binary extension files, you must select your PHP download using all this context data: the name and version of the compiler used to compile the extension (such as VS16), the short name of the target CPU (such as x64), and whether you need "Thread Safe" (TS) or "thread unsafe" (whatever that means). You also need to add the paths of your webserver (such as Apache 2.4) and PHP to your "Paths" system environment variables, using the System Properties dialog box.

Once you have PHP working, you can add the ssh2 library by downloading two files and editing php.ini, as follows:

Download file php_ssh2.dll from https://github.com/jhanley-com/php-ssh2-windows (if you are using PHP 8.2 or 8.3), or from https://pecl.php.net/package/ssh2/1.4.1/windows . You put this file into folder php/ext .

You also need the main ssh2 file libssh2.dll to put in the php folder, which you can get from https://libssh2.org/, section "libssh2-1.11.1.zip".

And you edit the php.ini file to add this line: "extension=ssh2". Restart Apache, and run a php file containing "phpinfo()". If ssh2 was installed correctly, you will see a section titled "ssh2" containing its version information.

Stray78 · Joined: 15 Apr 2024 Posts: 50 Location: USA

A lot of people say Apache can't run PHP as a module. I've been using it like this for 15-20 years. Get PHP from the "https://windows.php.net/". I use the "thread safe" version and never had an issue.
I have no clue about the ssh2 module, I don't use that.