How to develop and compile PHP extensions under Windows

Now let's just say one of the steps to developing PHP extensions under Windows:
The first software that needs to be prepared is:
Cygwin installation path E:\app\cygwin
Visual Studio C + + 6.0,
Modify the environment variable to set the already installed PHP path to the environment variable. Here, assuming that my PHP installation directory is: e:\app\php5.2.5, then I put the Windows environment variables behind this installation directory. Easy to use Php.exe for a while.
PHP source code, here is assumed to be e:\c_source_code\php-5.2.5

1, modify the file "php source file directory/ext/ext_skel_win32.php", here is: E:\c_source_code\php-5.2.5\ext, which is mainly to modify the Cygwin path. $cygwin _path = ' e:\app\cygwin\bin ';
Change the $cygwin_path to the path where you actually install the Cygwin.
2, in the source code ext directory is e:\c_source_code\php-5.2.5\ext, the implementation of PHP ext_skel_win32.php--extname=<ext_name&gt, at this time will be generated in the EXT directory <EXT_NAME> directory, this is the framework that we will be developing for PHP expansion. For example, if you run Php.exe ext_skel_win32.php--extname=foo, the Foo directory will be generated in the EXT directory.
3, copy the Php-root\dev\php5ts.lib to "ext/<ext_name>". For example, if you are developing a php extension of Foo, then you need to copy the Php-root\dev\php5ts.lib to the PHP source directory \ext\foo.
4, modify FOO.C content, write the C code we need.
5, enter <EXT_NAME> directory, open &LT;EXT_NAME&GT;.DSP.
Set up the VC6 project,
Set Menu "Build"-> "Remove project Configuration", select "Win-Release_ts",
Set Menu "Project", select "Win release_ts"
Open the Tab "Connection" and set the directory in the output file name.
[Optional] Open tab "C + +", add "preprocessor definition" ",compile_dl_<ext_name>" (note all caps, default joined), cancel predefined "Libzend_exports" (otherwise the Zend function cannot be introduced).
6, set up, compile, will generate a DLL file, filename is <ext_name>.dll, for example, in our example for the Foo.dll
Copy the Foo.dll to the E:\app\ext directory and add a row of Extension=foo.dll to the php.ini, restart Apache, see Phpinfo (), and find that our PHP extension foo () has been loaded in, You can already use this Foo extension.