How to obtain PHP related information

Obtaining PHP


This section has details about PHP download locations, and OS issues. 1. Where can I get php? 2. Is there a precompiled binary version? 3. Where can I get an optional PHP expansion library? 4. What can I do to make these libraries work? 5. I use CVS to get the latest version of PHP source code on my windows, how do I compile it? 6. Where can I find Browser capabilities File?
1. where can I get php?


You can download PHP on any PHP member site. These sites can be found in http://www.php.net/. You can also use anonymous CVS to get the absolute latest version of the source code. For more information about CVS, consult the http://cvs.php.net/.
2. is there a precompiled binary code??


We only publish binary code under Windows, because we cannot compile the binary code of different PHP options under each host (Unix/linux) or many Linux built-in PHP. The binaries under Windows can be downloaded from our site, and Linux's binary version, please refer to your Linux publisher's site.
3. where can I get an optional PHP expansion library?

Note: those marked with * are not thread-safe libraries and should not be used as multithreaded Windows Web servers (IIS, Netscape) modules. They do not have this limitation under the Unix/linux platform.

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  LDAP (Unix).
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  ldap* (Unix).
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  LDAP (Unix/win): Netscape Directory (LDAP) SDK 1.1.
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  Free LDAP server.
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  Berkeley DB2 (Unix/win): http://www.sleepycat.com/.
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  snmp* (Unix):.
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  gd* (Unix/win).
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  msql* (Win).
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  msql* (Unix).
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  PostgreSQL (Unix).
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  imap* (Win/unix).
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  sybase-ct* (Linux, Libc5): Available locally.
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  FreeType (LIBTTF):.
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  ZLib (UNIX/WIN32).
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  Expat XML parser (UNIX/WIN32).
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  Pdflib.
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  MCrypt.
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  Mhash.
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  T1lib.
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  Dmalloc.
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  Aspell.
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  ReadLine.

4. How can I make these libraries work?


You need to follow the guidance provided by the library. Some libraries are automatically detected when you run PHP configuration scripts (GD library), and some other libraries, you have to '--with-extension ' open option ' cofigure '. Run ' Configure--help ' to see this information.
5. I use CVS to get the latest version of PHP source code on my windows, how do I compile it?


First, you must install Microsoft Visual C + + V6 (V5 also can, but we are under V6) and you need some support files. , see the Manual for compiling PHP under Windows.
6. where can I find Browser capabilities File?


You can find a file named Browscap.ini at the following site http://www.cyscape.com/asp/browscap/.