Re: libxml2 build for php 5.2 on windows

Stanislav Malyshev wrote:

I am trying to build php 5.2 on Windows with Visual. So far I managed to build everything except for libxml2 dependencies, which do not seem to work. So could anyone please clarify the following matters: 1. What libxml2 version is required for 5.2 build? 2.6.26 built using the LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL flag.

2. Should 5.2 build use static or dynamic (dll) version of libxml2? It should be using the static version included from:

http://ctindustries.net/libxml/. The library was not renamed as to minimize the change.

3. libxml.c seems to use symbol xmlDllMain - which is built in libxml2 only when LIBXML_STATIC_FOR_DLL symbol is defined, however standard builds of libxml2 never define this symbol, at least in latest version 2.6.26. I am working on getting this lib built by default within the standard release. At that time, I will change the required lib as I have proposed to name it libxml2_a_dll.lib.

4. General question - PHP 5 requires a number of libraries that PHP 4 did not, such as iconv, libxml2, etc. However, these libraries are not included in win32build package, and also binaris available online not always work cleanly with PHP. Would not it be good to update this package with all binaries needed to build standard PHP 5? This would require the win32build package to be versioned so that the correct version of libxml2 is used (needs to support the symbols being exported from the .def file).

Rob