Re: Re: php-config script is missing from the installer

Elizabeth M Smith írta: > Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I need to port a library that has several language bindings, PHP among them. >> Of course the software was written on Linux, hence it uses autotools and >> pgkconfig. >> I can use MinGW/MSYS and GnuWin32 parts to compile most of the software >> but the PHP binding looks for the configuration via the php-config script. >> Which is missing from the official www.php.net installer. >> Is there another package that I need to install besides >> >> http://www.php.net/get/php-5.2.6-win32-installer.msi/from/a/mirror >> to get the php-config script? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Zoltán Böszörményi >> >> > > Unfortunately, you can't compile PHP or any PHP extensions for windows > with mingw or msys - not only is autotools not supported for windows but > the mingw compiler is not supported. > > You can compile the libraries as dll, create MS compatible import libs, > and then use MS compilers to do the actual PHP extension if you want to > do windows support. > > Thanks, > Elizabeth Smith > Thanks for the answer. One small question, though. The language bindings are created with SWIG. Are such a binding for PHP usable under Windows? Is there an example of any project using SWIG-generated binding for PHP/Win32? -- ---------------------------------- Zoltán Böszörményi Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH http://www.postgresql.at/