Doc #75918 [Com]: PECL instructions lack first step

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75918&edit=1 ID: 75918 Comment by: akiracaleb4 at gmail dot com Reported by: jb-debbugs at wisemo dot com Summary: PECL instructions lack first step Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: PECL Operating System: Windows PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thanks for the info i will try to figure it out for more, keep sharing this type of info https://www.mymilestonecard.us/ Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-12-30 11:59:03] nikic@php.net Automatic comment on behalf of mumumu Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/ja.git;a=commit;h=496b5f0ad410876e6084bab278f8df98359c411a Log: Fix #75918: PECL instructions lack first step ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-09-01 18:55:11] phpdocbot@php.net Automatic comment on behalf of mumumu Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/ja.git;a=commit;h=f7e170b89427a5e229287298ee46561b9eb4390e Log: Fix #75918: PECL instructions lack first step ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-09-01 17:44:15] phpdocbot@php.net Automatic comment on behalf of cmb Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=2221e0e7e0de8207ca4766892f1cdbb6be7d30a7 Log: Fix #75918: PECL instructions lack first step ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-09-01 17:42:46] cmb@php.net It seems to me that the section "Where to find an extension?" has all required documentation (except a link to PECL). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-02-05 10:35:29] jb-debbugs at wisemo dot com Description: ------------ The instructions for installing (pre-compiled) PECL extensions on Windows, as found at http://php.net/manual/en/install.pecl.windows.php don't actually say how to get or find the PECL extensions on PECL. Specifically, the text on that page begins by saying that installing pre-compiled extensions is the preferred way on Windows (good). After some digressions on the build-from-source method, the page returns to talking about where to put the downloaded dll file (in the ext directory). This is nice information for what to do after finding and getting an extension from PECL. But throughout the page, there are no instructions (or even links to instructions) for actually getting pre-compiled extensions from the PECL repository. Note that the previous page, while titled "Downloading PECL extensions", is all about the build-from-source method using the PECL command (which is not included in the official downloads from windows.php.net), thus mostly not applicable to the preferred pre-compiled way (except perhaps a few sentences). Suggested fix: Before the "Where to find an extension?" section, add a new extension titled "How to download an extension" with contents telling users to: Go to https://pecl.php.net/, browse/search to the desired package, choose a version, click the relevant "DLL" link, download the zip file for the relevant PHP version, and extract the dll from there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75918&edit=1