Re: PHP C++ extension on Windows

Hi Thomas, On Fri, May 9, 2014 16:21, Thomas Hruska wrote: > On 5/9/2014 3:06 AM, O'Neil Delpratt wrote: > >> >> On 9 May 2014, at 10:26, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> hi, >>> >>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:20 AM, O'Neil Delpratt <oneil@saxonica.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> >>>> Is there a better way to build a PHP C++ extension for PHP 5.5 than >>>> in Visual studio? I know it can be done in the PHP build process >>>> for windows as described in the book “Extending and Embedding PHP” >>>> by Sara Golemon which I did try but failed with linking errors, >>>> maybe because of the config.w32 file not being setup properly. >>>> Under linux I have no issues. >>>> >>> >>> Actually the better and recommended way is not to use VS but for >>> debugging. >>> >>> See >>> https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild >>> >> >> >> How about building your own extension? There seems to be a lack of >> information about doing that on windows > > The Wiki link above does have implied instructions for building > extensions in it already (step 14): > > configure --disable-all --enable-cli --enable-[yourextension] > > Or --with-[yourextension] depending on your needs. But it isn't exactly > obvious. "$remains" doesn't mean anything to me. But the above is > sufficient to prepare to build a minimal PHP with support for your new > extension. > > PHP is very *NIX-centric, so I've found that writing an extension first > on a Linux host (e.g. Ubuntu) and then porting it to Windows is a lot > easier than the reverse. > that is discussable while often done exactly that way. The build system on windows mimics autotools so many function names are the same. As well as using --with-.. if you have a dep and --enable-.. if it has none. Regards -anatol