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Topic PHP
Take windows as an example to see the file name downloaded to php zip
Php-5.4.4-nts-win32-vc9-x86.zip
Vc6:legacy Visual Studio 6 compiler, is compiled with this compiler.
vc9:visual Studio compiler, which is compiled by this compiler.
VC9 and VC11 are the latest versions of PHP (these two editions are compiled by Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012, respectively), and include improvements to performance and stability.
The VC9 version requires users to install the Microsoft Visual C + + SP1 Redistributable Package (x86 | x64)
VC11 version requires users to install Visual C + + redistributable for Visual Studio (x86 | x64)
This is actually not much of an impact because from PHP 5.3, there is no VC6 version available to download the
Ts:thread Safe thread Safety, thread security check on execution
Nts:non thread safe is non-threaded and does not carry out threading (thread) security checks at execution time
I use the apache+php mode, generally the PHP as a module load into Apache, then the Apache parent process-multi-child process of the working mode, is the need for thread security, so if you are executing PHP in this way, select the TS version
So if you are using fastcgi, such as php-fpm to manage PHP execution, you do not need to thread security, then select NTS Version of PHP
Vc6,vc9,vc11,ts,nts Differences in PHP versions