Thanks a lot, i'll give it a try. "J Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I've been working on this sort of thing for the past few weeks as I've been > trying to make sure all of the PHP extensions I've written work on UNIX > systems as well as Windows systems. > > I think you can compile using gcc and cygwin, but I believe the recommended > way is with Visual C++ 6, as the official binaries are done with VC++. (I > think, I don't use PHP in Windows except to test portability.) > > Anyways, here's what I do as far as settings. This is for a thread-safe > release extension. I'm assuming you have a bit of experience working with > VC++ and the PHP source, and that you're able to compile PHP in the first > place. > > 0. Start a new project in VC++ and add your extension's files. > > 1. In the Configurations dialog, add two configurations: Release_TS and > Debug_TS. Release_TS should copy the settings from Release and Debug_TS > should obviously copy from Debug. You can Remove Release and Debug and > close the dialog. The next set of steps is for the Release_TS > configuration. If you can figure that out, you should be able to get > Debug_TS working fine. > > 2. Open up Project->Settings. On the C/C++ tab, General Category, added the > following preprocessor definitions: ZEND_DEBUG=0, > COMPILE_DL_YOUR_EXTENSION_NAME, ZTS=1, ZEND_WIN32, PHP_WIN32. > YOUR_EXTENSION_NAME is the name you'll find in the sources generated by > ext_skel. > > 3. In the Code Generation Category, change Use run-time Library to > "Multithreaded DLL". > > 4. In the Preprocessor Category, add the following "Additional include > directories": ..\.., ..\..\main, ..\..\Zend, ..\..\TSRM, ..\..\bindlib_w32. > > 5. On the Link tab in the General Category, change the Output file name to > ..\..\Release_TS/php_yourextension.dll. > > 6. On that same tab, same category, add php4ts.lib to Object/library > modules. > > 7. In the Input Category, add the following to Additional library path: > ..\..\Release_TS. > > That should be it. Close dialog and set the active configuration to > Release_TS and (hopefully) build the DLL. > > If you're using other libraries and such, make sure you compile them using > the multithreaded DLL runtime library like you did with your extension. I > found that out the hard way trying to get my cryptopp extension working on > Windows. > > Check out some of the VC++ project files included with the PHP source when > you're stuck and try to replicate the settings they use in your own > project. It takes a while to get used to building extensions with VC++ > 'cause that sort of thing is so poorly documented in the Windows world, but > once you get it once you should be fine. > > J > > > Igal Raizman wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Can someone point me in the directions of a tutorial or perhaps some info > > on making PHP extensions on a Windows system ? > > > > not on how to code them, but rather on how to compile them on a windows > > system. > > > > Thanks, >
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