[wsf-c-dev] [PHP] php related settings in configure.in

[Samisa Abeysinghe]

nandika wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It is not a must to build the PHP source in order to build the 
> extension. But the PHP way of doing that is to build the php source,
> then build the required extensions using that. But we wrote our custom 
> build file which builds our extension without building the PHP source.
> When using our custom build file, We need to have both PHP source and 
> PHP binary of the same version number.
> PHP source is required because PHP binary does not contain the include 
> headers. PHP Binary is needed to get the php5ts.lib file against which ,
> we link our extension. win32build is a set of a headers and binaries 
> required to build PHP or an extension. Without it, the compiler will 
> complain
> about some missing headers.

Which means we can remove WIN32BUILD_DIR form configure.in?

Also, please remove the notes on building php form source form our 
install doc.

Samisa...
>
> -- Nandika
>
> Samisa Abeysinghe wrote:
>> Samisa Abeysinghe wrote:
>>> PHP_SRC_DIR = E:\lib\php-5.2.5
>>> PHP_BIN_DIR = E:\lib\php-5.2.5-Win32
>>> WIN32BUILD_DIR = E:\php\win32build
>>>
>>> We have three setting. Why need them? Specially, I do not get why we 
>>> need both PHP_BIN_DIR and WIN32BUILD_DIR?
>>
>> One more related question, is it a must that I build PHP source to 
>> build WSF/PHP? Can I not use the php binary and build WSF/PHP with that?
>>
>> Samisa...
>>
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