On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com>wrote:
> Hi! > > > A number of extensions were dropped because of the rules applied to >> building >> them. In my case php_interbase is missing, and since Firebird is the only >> database I use it's something of a problem. So we simply build it and >> supply it >> from the Firebird site. But other extensions are also still lagging behind >> in >> conversion to being PHP5.3 compatible. >> > > Wait, you mean PHP binary builds miss ext/interbase? And some more. Pierre mentioned that the firebird extension will be bundled with 5.3.3 but AFAIK it didn't happened. There are some info about the missing extensions here: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46971 > But you can always build it yourself (or have somebody do it for you ;), > it's not incompatibility in PHP 5.3. Or you mean something is missing in the > code? > > Yeah, but building php or the extensions is not the easiest thing to do, on linux you just type apt-get install php5-extension or pecl install extension, but for windows: - pecl install doesn't work on windows (obviously) - http://pecl4win.php.net/ -> The pecl4win build box is temporarily out of service. // Temporary my ass. :/ - setting up a (free) build environment for php on windows is PITA. at least that was it, when I did last time. there are multiple how-to, but almost all of them is outdated. thanks again to Pierre ( http://www.php.net/~pierre/ ) for manually building some extensions for windows and AFAIK there is some problem with building the extension for the VC6 or VC9 builds: "About GMP, it won't make it with VC6, move to VC9 if you need it." "snmp support has been restored in 5.3.3RC1 (VC9 only)" and sybase_ct is VC6 only, so if you need both sybase_ct AND (enchant OR gmp OR snmp) then you are screwed. > > For an off the shelf windows PHP5 build, 5.2.14 is the only one that >> includes >> these libraries off the shelf and until 5.3 does I can't point my own >> customers >> there. >> > > You mean you can't point them to download binary builds from > windows.php.net? That doesn't make 5.3 unstable though... > see above. Tyrael
