Re: Build failed on Windows

Hi, On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 23:16 +0100, Richard Quadling wrote: > Also a clear understanding of exactly what MS compiler must be used. > Will the free MS VC++ 2005 Express Edition be suitable? Quoting the documentation: | Since PHP 5 the free Microsoft .NET toolchain is also supported (you | need to install Windows Platform SDK, Visual C++ Toolkit and .NET | Framework SDK). <http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.building.php> I think the express Edition includes these so it should work. Last problems I heared where that the free stuff didn'T include nmake.exe but I think meanwhile nmake.exe is available with the free stuff, too but I never looked into that free stuff. If you just want to test patches and stuff and are not interested in running a *nix system (at least inside some kind of virtual machine/vmware/colinux like manner) you can still use cygwin for building PHP. To the original poster: Do you really need PHP 4? - The build system introduced with PHP 5 make life way simpler - and PHP 4 is from the stone-age... johannes