RE: [PHP] Updating cli executable on MS-Windows

From: Richard Quadling > On 23 April 2010 02:34, Bob McConnell <rvm@cbord.com> wrote: >> From: Richard Quadling >>> On 22 April 2010 14:42, Bob McConnell <rvm@cbord.com> wrote: >>>> I downloaded the MS-Windows cli from The PHP Group a while ago. It >>>> claims to be version 5.2.10. But now I can't find where I got it, nor >>>> where to get the updates. What is the easiest way to upgrade it to >>>> 5.2.13? >>>> >>>>  D:\Code\Tests>php --version >>>>  PHP 5.2.10 (cli) (built: Jun 17 2009 16:16:57) >>>>  Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group >>>>  Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies >>> >>> You can get the latest V5.2.x from "6 ¢Ô~ >>> ò”ZW…*åhttp://windows.php.net/download/ >> >> Which one has just the cli installer? I don't want any server > files installed on my workstation. > > Normally, you take the ZIP file and unzip it into C:\PHP5 (or wherever > you want). > > That's the installation done. > > Then, you take a long look through the php.ini-production and > php.ini-development to see what you need to setup. > > I'd recommend reading ... > > http://docs.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php > and > http://docs.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.commandline.php Thank you for those links. I had missed them completely on my first and second times through the manual. I did it the easy way by renaming D:\php to php.5.2.10 and creating a new D:\php to extract the new version into. It is working, but now I have to see about those setup options. Thank you, Bob McConnell