[PHP-INSTALL] PHP 5.3 as a module on windows

[Pablo Viquez]

Hi,

I just downloaded the new stable version of PHP 5.3 and I couldnt find the
php5apache2_2.dll file.

Is the apache module on windows no longer supported?

Thanks!

[Magnus Persson]

Something is fishy here!

I've downloaded PHP 5.3.0 VC9 x86 Thread Safe
(http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.3.0-Win32-VC9-x86.zip),
i.e. a zip archive with binaries for Windows, and I'm looking in vain
for a php5isapi.dll. This problem is obviously related to the one Pablo
Viquez (see below) is having with PHP on a Windows based Apache server.

Is the ISAPI web service extension discontinued, and if so, which
extension is recommended for a Windows 2003 Server with Internet
Information Server (IIS)?

Thanks in advance,
Magnus Persson

Post by Pablo Viquez
Hi,
I just downloaded the new stable version of PHP 5.3 and I couldnt find
the php5apache2_2.dll file.
Is the apache module on windows no longer supported?
Thanks!

[Pablo Viquez]

Hi,

You need to use the VC6 x86 Thread Safe "php-5.3.0-Win32-VC6-x86" in order
to have the module for Apache 2.2.

Regards,

Pablo

Post by Magnus Persson
Something is fishy here!
I've downloaded PHP 5.3.0 VC9 x86 Thread Safe
(http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.3.0-Win32-VC9-x86.zip),
i.e. a zip archive with binaries for Windows, and I'm looking in vain for
a php5isapi.dll. This problem is obviously related to the one Pablo Viquez
(see below) is having with PHP on a Windows based Apache server.
Is the ISAPI web service extension discontinued, and if so, which
extension is recommended for a Windows 2003 Server with Internet
Information Server (IIS)?
Thanks in advance,
Magnus Persson

Post by Pablo Viquez
Hi,
I just downloaded the new stable version of PHP 5.3 and I couldnt find
the php5apache2_2.dll file.
Is the apache module on windows no longer supported?
Thanks!

[Lester Caine]

Post by Pablo Viquez
Hi,
You need to use the VC6 x86 Thread Safe "php-5.3.0-Win32-VC6-x86" in
order to have the module for Apache 2.2.

There is a quite clear description of 'Which version do I choose?' on
the left hand side of the download page.

However it would be nice to have a PROPER explanation of the reason that
this path has been taken for the Windows binary builds. The insistence
that the only way to produce stable windows builds is with everything
being rebuilt using VC9 DOES seem to be a move away from the likes of
Apache and other perfectly functional extensions. WHAT changed between
PHP5.2 where the import libraries distributed by other projects are used
as is and PHP5.3 where they now have to be provided by those projects
using the 'correct' version of VC for the builds, and any project that
does not comply is removed from the distribution? There were no
stability problems due to using VC8 and VC7 import libraries in PHP5.2
so why is this a problem in 5.3 and why is PHP6 not even going to
support Apache unless it's recompiled in VC9 ?