Re: Compiling error on WinXP

Marco Schuster wrote:

Hi all, I currently try to compile php 5.2.8 on Windows XP Home SP3 (32bit) with VS2008 Pro, as described in <http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.building.php>. Compiling runs successful and the php.exe works with cscript /nologo configure.js --disable-all --enable-cli --enable-object-out-dir=.. --disable-ipv6 But, as soon as I add --enable-sockets, I get the following error at linking stage: Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. flock_compat.obj : error LNK2005: _inet_aton already defined in php_sockets_win.obj Creating library ..\Release_TS\php5ts.lib and object ..\Release_TS\php5ts.exp ..\Release_TS\php5ts.dll : fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe"' : return code '0x2' Stop. What causes this error and how can I fix it? Thanks, Marco PS: Can I build a static exe which contains everything needed except a php.ini?

The manual is sadly out of date - here are some corrections You no longer need to rename the winres.h for PHP 5.3 or 6.0 (fixed in CVS) The links for the windows build tools and libraries are incorrect. Windows build tools can be found at http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/php-libs/binary-tools.zip You do NOT need to build bindlib - instead get the headers and prebuilt resolv.lib files from http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/php-libs there are also other builds available on the site for up to date required libraries For more up to date instructions please see http://wiki.php.net/internals/windows for more information on how to build properly on windows P.S. no you can't build a single .exe unless you manipulate the generated makefile by hand before building - something you need to be well versed in MSVC compiler foo to do ;)