Ok, I admit, I dont know how to build

[Anon]

Hallo,

Ok, I admit, I dont know how to build PHP. I just dont have the basic knowledge in particular area. I just couldn't find some normal 1-2-3 tutorial for doing this. Now, when PHP 4.1 is out, I would like to have it on my Windows box, with mySQL, GDlib and other handy libs in there. I've been using easy windows installer from http://php.weblogs.com/easywindows , but no 4.1 version is available there.

So, I am looking for some really explanatory tute for doing PHP build myself, with all these libs installed. I am not dummy user, but rather advanced. Just need to have advice on doing stuff in right way for the first time.

Thanks for helpful tips,

--Pavils

[igebert]

If you would have downloaded the .zip package of PHP-win32 you would have noticed that it does not contain sources, but already compiled binaries, with lots of those handy libs you are looking for.

You won't need any compiler nor tutorials for that...

-ingmar

[reeferd]

Eh..
I do not know what Ingmar Gebert meant by that last post, but I understand where you stand, Pavils.

Do you want to compile php on linux??
D/l the tarball for php, and read the INSTALL file... Very informative...

And on the man pages for php on php.net you can find all of the "configuration directives" you need. (for gd etc etc..)

Then custombuild your php with the configurecommand, by extracting the directives you need from the manual.

The install file in php also describes how to incorporate php with apache/mysql...

good luck.

[igebert]

Sorry, I thought Pavils wanted to install PHP on a windows machine...

-ingmar

[reeferd]

Hehehe...
Oh.
Well.. I was kind of in doubt when I read his post, but I soon realized that he wanted to "make" the binaries.. heh heh heh..
Later.

[Anon]

Quote - "I would like to have it on my Windows box"

I think he probably wants it on windows

[Anon]

I don't understand anything..
For PHP on windows..just download an install EasyPhp www.easyphp.org ..it's really easy

[Anon]

download php windows installer from php.net and install it. then download the binaries and overwrite the installed php directory with the binaries (the installer package doesn't contain the extensions). then uncomment the php extensions in php.ini. btw, the gif support for the gd_lib library has been disabled since php 4.05. a cracked version exists which supports gif, but works only with php 4.04 or earlier versions.