Topic: [Windows] Building PHP under windows

[frozen]

In theory, if Apache runs better compiled with Visual C 8 then wouldn't PHP also? I am not even sure what the PHP binaries on php.net are compiled with but I would like to compile PHP 5.1.6 with Visual C 8. Where do I start?!

[tdonovan]

Well, I haven't given it much of a test - but these steps were enough to get PHP 5.1.6 built.

It starts up OK in Apache 2.2.3 and I've run a few simple PHP pages without problems.

I hope this helps you get started.
-tom-

You need:
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download/
Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0BAF2B35-C656-4969-ACE8-E4C0C0716ADB
.NET Framework SDK Version 1.1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9B3A2CA6-3647-4070-9F41-A333C6B9181D
Windows Script Host http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA

Download php-5.1.6.tar.gz from: http://us3.php.net/get/php-5.1.6.tar.gz/from/a/mirror
Untar this into your working directory

Download http://www.php.net/extra/bindlib_w32.zip
Extract this into (create new directory) bindlib_w32 in your working directory

Download http://www.php.net/extra/win32build.zip
Unzip into your working directory

You should have three new directories named: php-5.1.6, bindlib_w32, and win32build

Check that you have (at least) these directories in your PATH, INCLUDE, and LIB environment variables:
PATH
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCPackages
INCLUDE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include\mfc
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\include
LIB
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Lib
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\LIB
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\lib
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Lib

Make sure there is a copy of zip.exe in your PATH
(You can get it at http://www.info-zip.org/ if you don't have it)

In Visual Studio 2005 Express - open bindlib_w32\bindlib.dsw
Choose "Yes to all" to convert the project to VS8 format
Select "Build" - "Configuration Manager..." - choose "Release"
Select "Build" - "Build Solution"
The last line in the Output window should say "========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped =========="

Copy bindlib_w32\Release\resolv.lib to win32build\lib\ (replacing the previous resolv.lib)

Copy your installed Apache 2.2.3 \include and \lib directories to win32build\Apache2\include and win32build\Apache2\lib
Rename win32build\Apache2\lib\libapr-1.lib to libapr.lib
Rename win32build\Apache2\lib\libaprutil-1.lib to libaprutil.lib

In the php-5.1.6 directory