Re: [PHP Wiki] new user: u.masotti

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 18:25, Umberto Masotti<u.masotti@libero.it> wrote: > Hi Hannes, > > Hannes Magnusson ha scritto: >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 19:28, <php-webmaster@lists.php.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> A new user has registered. Here are the details: >>> >>> User name   : u.masotti >>> Full name   : Umberto Masotti >>> >> >> >> Please let us know for what purpose you registered, so that we can set >> you up with the necessary permissions. >> >> Note: If you already have a php.net CVS account - you can use those >> credentials for the wiki as they contain full write karma to any >> namespace. >> >> -Hannes >> > > I'm the main documentation translator to italian for Firebird's project ( > http://www.firebirdsql.org ), but actually I'm involved in > php_interbase.dll > debate trying to solve some problems related to Windows PHP 5.3.0, > php_interbase driver and firebird's client libraries. > > As per firebird's project, I've compiled a non official PHP5.3.0 VC6 > php_interbase.dll for Firebird 2.1 client library, as there are some > different POV in .lib(s) and .dll(s) source management: actually VC6 isn't > more maintained to compile firebird since 2.0 (last VC6 version maintained > in CVS is 1.5.* ). > > I started writing some of the Wiki page about that, but I'm in some trouble > because I don't know if what I've done is in line with  PHP desiderata. Try > to explain better: actually, there is no way to compile Firebird's client > libraries for windows in VC6, only VC8 and VC9 are supported. To build > firebird's PHP driver there are choice forced: > 1) use precompiled .lib and .h > 2) build --with-interbase=shared (not static) > So may be that the section I've started, > http://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/libs/firebird > actually can be partially off-topic, as I can explain detailed process > above, but there's no way to build Firebird's client libs with VC6 > (fbclient.dll, fbclient_ms.lib, ib_util.lib) as I was told to write by > Pierre Jolie. > > Anyway maybe that some or good part of the job can be ported elsewhere, in a > more appropriate page: this is why I stopped. > Hope you can give me some hints. This sounds like things you should discuss with the windows guys - I was just replying to seemingly stale wiki account requests :) -Hannes