Req #65350 [Opn->Nab]: v5.5 packages (compiled by VS 2012) do not run on Windows XP.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65350&edit=1 ID: 65350 Updated by: ab@php.net Reported by: dualchannel at centrum dot cz Summary: v5.5 packages (compiled by VS 2012) do not run on Windows XP. -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Windows XP ready-built packages PHP Version: 5.5.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Windows XP support is discontinued with PHP 5.5, for further details read https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-5.5/UPGRADING Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-27 07:24:01] dualchannel at centrum dot cz Description: ------------ v5.5 executables does not run on Windows XP, specifically, I have tried on XP SP3 x86, with all the latest patches applied and VC11 redistributables installed. I just downloaded the precompiled binaries 'php-5.5.1-Win32-VC11-x86.zip', unpacked the zip-file and tried 'php -h' in a terminal. It shows an error pop-up: "php.exe is not a valid Win32 application." and a message "Access denied." in the terminal. No web server nor a database engine of any kind is running on the machine, just running the precompiled executable with '-h' parameter leads to the described result. Precompiled binaries from 'php-5.3.27-Win32-VC9-x86.zip' run well on my setup (shows a help text, no error pop-up). Frankly, I am not a Windows developer, but after googling a minute I got a faith that this could be easily fixed. This is a fragment of discussion on stackoverflow: Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 has now been released, and adds official support for running apps built with VC++ 2012 on Windows XP. So I propose compiling php v5.5 binaries capable of running on Windows XP systems and putting them in download section alongside currently available ones. I believe that there is still a tremendous number of users runinng Windows XP. Thank you very much in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65350&edit=1