Re: Creating one extension version: how?

Pierre Joye wrote:

Hi, On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Hector Santos <hsantos@isdg.net> wrote:

How can you prepare my new extension source code and/or links so that the DLL can support all the PHP 5.x.x versions?

You can't. But you can have one source version which can be built against all PHP versions.

I have been trying to figure this out, reading/googling, etc, but in the mean time what I had to do was recompile the extension for all PHP releases, 5.04, 5.10, 5.12, 5.25 and now 5.26 and provide each one for users to select during installation of the extension.

The rules are relatively simple, each minor (5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x) upgrade breaks binary compatibility. That means you will have to rebuild your extension to get it work with a given version. So the way you choosed now is the right one. Please note that you aslo need one for debug and non debug version.

Ok, but I would swear I was able to use older 5.x.x 3rd party extensions that still work with each 5.x.x revision. Was that just Luck? For one package, I spoke with the author because of a bug I found and he indicated he had to plans to update his package but I was welcome to do it. I got the source and noticed no real difference in the extension basic framework. But nonetheless, the older extension did worked with newer v5.x.x installations I have so I figure it was possible. No PHP version mismatch loading error which is what I get. -- Hector Santos