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Doc Bug #36284 env omission in the docs compiling under win32
Submitted: 2006-02-04 13:43 UTC Modified: 2006-02-07 17:13 UTC
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From: clemente dot biondo at tin dot it Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2006-02-04 13:43 UTC] clemente dot biondo at tin dot it
Description:
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Hi folks,
there's a little omission in the documentation that prevents
inexperienced users from compiling php under win32.

In the php Manual
  section 6. Installation on Windows systems
  subsection Building from source
  paraghraph "Putting it all together" 
it isn't clearly stated that you need to have the binaries contained into bindlib_w32 in your path. In the example indicated by the manual you must add somewhere in the paragraph the following line:

PATH C:\work\win32build\bin;%PATH%

I think you must add that line at the end of this text:

"First you should open a Visual Studio Command Prompt, which should be available under the Start menu. A regular Command Prompt window shouldn't work, as probably it doesn't have the necessary environment variables set. Then type something like cd C:\work\php-5.x.x to enter in the PHP source dir. Now you are ready to start configuring PHP."

Have a nice day!

Expected result:
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Checking for bison.exe ...  <in default path>

Actual result:
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Checking for bison.exe ...  <not found>
ERROR: bison is required

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 [2006-02-07 17:13 UTC] nlopess@php.net
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.


 [2020-02-07 06:11 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of nlopess
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=927596c12e4cc776cbb48b533690a8d6e9961a22
Log: fix #36284: clarify that if cygwin isnt installed the win32build/bin dir must be in the path
 
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