Re: PECL Extensions Download and Installation Support

On 19 April 2011 14:03, Ganesh Bhat <ganeshsurfs@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Richard, > Okay. I was greedy I guess to ask for downward compatibility. :-) > Please do guide me accordingly towards installing/ downloads of the PECL > extensions. Cannot I install the zipped contents into a folder and register > the folder to get the extension running directly without a ".dll" extension > in Win7. I will be glad to try the same, if its possible. I will also try > and download the VC++ Compilers, if thats the only option. > TnR, > Ganesh > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Richard Quadling <rquadling@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On 19 April 2011 13:47, Ganesh Bhat <ganeshsurfs@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Will I be able to use the 5.3.x downloads on 5.2.x. >> >> No. You cannot mix and match versions of PHP and the extensions. >> >> -- >> Richard Quadling >> Twitter : EE : Zend >> @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY > > > > -- > Regards, > K. Ganesh Bhat, Masters (Life Sciences) > ganeshsurfs@gmail.com, +919986052445 > The download you are getting is the C source. That needs to be compiled into a DLL. That is what Pierre has done for many extensions. Currently, PHP does not provide pre-compiled binaries for non core extensions. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY