RE: [PHP-WIN] compiling php on win 2003

[snip] > Horde will not run without gettext support. Compile php > --with-gettext before continuing. > > I have looked online a bunch and can't seem to get a good > answer as to what > to do with the "--with-gettext" information. In my > php/extensions folder, > there is a php_gettext.dll but obviously that isn't good > enough. I also downloaded what was supposed to be the > gettext binary from one of the GNU sites but don't know what > to do with all of the files. > > If someone could explain to me the whole "compile" thing > using Windows, I would really appreciate it. I've limited my > use of PHP because of this problem and would love to start > doing more php development. > > Explaining as if I were a complete moron would probably be > the most helpful > to me. : ) OK, have you tried enabling the gettext extenion in your php.ini file first? In the Dynamic Extensions section of the file, you should see a line such as: ;extension=php_gettext.dll Simply remove the semi-colon, save the file and restart your webserver (a major gotcha over the years). Also you will need to check the your extension_dir directive is pointing to the folder containing php_gettext.dll As for trying to compile PHP on Win32 with various extenions enabled? Well, my advice to a moron would be stick to the binaries - you really shouldn't need to open up that can of worms just yet ;o) HTH, Mikey