Re: PHP on 64-bit windows

hi, On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > Pierre Joye wrote: >> >> php 6 will actually have real 64bit support, hopefully, the int64 >> branch has all necessary changes and I seriously hope that the RFC >> will be accepted. > > > Pierre ... I'm still fighting 32/64 bit problems with windows on legacy > systems. 64 bit windows does not allow access to the parallel port which we > use for controlling additional hardware. I have no parallel port at hand to do tests but it should work like any devices. Please report a bug, add a stack trace (process monitor output) to see what happens. > While not directly a problem for > simple code, is the way 64 bit builds of windows handle memory access a > problem for PHP builds? Having moved the servers over to Linux for PHP and > database support, the remaining elements are STILL locked to 32bit windows > simply because of legacy hardware, but I'm trying to work out the best way > forward as we are still tied to XP on a number of systems ... with PHP > access for control ... so things are getting very messy :( If you use XP it means you use 5.4, we do not provide any 64bit support for windows with 5.4, only 5.5+, experimental. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org