Re: Command line compilation under win32

> I'm in the process of getting a more permanent win32 build environment sorted > out, and one of the things I'd like to do is avoid the VS IDE as much as > possible, and automate builds so that I can test changes that I make under > unix. (Perhaps even by rshing to my win32 box). > > I know it's possible to build projects from the command line using something > like "msdev xxx.dsw", but so far I've not succeeded (and have little patience > with win32 and the command line, because it is generally quite limited). Hi Wez, After you installed your win32 build environment as specified in http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php#install.windows.build change directory to win32 in your php source tree and issue: cmd /c msdev php4ts.dsp /MAKE "php4ts - Win32 Release_TS" (I use cygwin bash shell for all command line work, so cmd /c is required) This will make php4ts.lib, php4ts.dll and php-cgi.exe. If you want to compile cli after that: cmd /c msdev php4ts_cli.dsp /MAKE "php4ts_cli - Win32 Release_TS" In order to build extension change to the ext dir (in this example bz2) cd ext/bz2 cmd /c msdev bz2.dsp /MAKE "bz2 - Win32 Release_TS" You should now have php_bz2 in ../../Realease_TS One more thing: mdev recognizes some env variables like INCLUDE and LIB specifying what gcc would take under -I and -L options. In oder to make msdev use these add /USEENV to the command line. Hope this gets you starded. You're welcome to write to me if you stumble across any problems. Edin