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Sean Walsh
Sean Walsh

Reputation: 8344

What are the potential problems that could occur when using PHP 5.3.6 with VC6 compiled Apache?

First off, I am cross-posting this from Server Fault because I did not receive any responses there. If that is against the rules, I apologize.

What sort of issues could(should) I expect if I were to install 5.3.6(VC9 only) with a VC6 compiled version of Apache?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 279

Answers (3)

goldengel
goldengel

Reputation: 611

Just got this:

i tried the VC-9 version of PHP 5.3.6 with the "Unofficial WampServer Version 2.0j-32bit" and it works! in the phpinfo there is a line "Compiler MSVC9 (Visual C++ 2008)" so it is really the vc9 version working.

the unofficial wampserver (pampserver) can be downloaded here:
[sourceforge.net]

home page: www.pampserver.com

for those who want to add the php 5.3.6 version to the pampserver, do this:

0) at first, stop wampserver and make sure it is not running

1) download this [windows.php.net]

2) in "c:\wamp\bin\php\" create a folder "php5.3.6" and extract the downloaded zip file into this folder

3) in any folder with the previous version of php 5.3, find files "php.ini" , "phpForApache.ini" and "wampserver.conf" (eg. in the folder "c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.3\" )

4) copy these 3 files into the new "c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.6\" folder

5) now in the new "c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.6\" folder, find files "php.ini" and "phpForApache.ini" and open both files in any text editor

6) replace all occurences of "5.3.3" (or the version number you copied those files from) with "5.3.6" and save

7) go to the "c:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.17\bin\" folder and delete file "php.ini"

8) start wampserver and in the menu PHP -> Version select 5.3.6

9) voila! now you can open your localhost and see the phpinfo() page and check out the php version

Upvotes: 0

Jorik
Jorik

Reputation: 111

Sorry, no personal experience, but this ServerFault article gives some hints. Problems that could occur are described in this answer.

This install description may also be of help.

Upvotes: 1

David Fells
David Fells

Reputation: 6798

In my experience it causes no issue at all. I've had that exact setup deployed on production sites several times (where I was not managing the server) and released projects with no issues.

Upvotes: 1

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