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Doc Bug #75918 PECL instructions lack first step
Submitted: 2018-02-05 10:35 UTC Modified: 2020-09-01 17:42 UTC
From: jb-debbugs at wisemo dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: PECL (PECL)
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-02-05 10:35 UTC] jb-debbugs at wisemo dot com
Description:
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The instructions for installing (pre-compiled) PECL extensions on Windows, as found at

http://php.net/manual/en/install.pecl.windows.php

don't actually say how to get or find the PECL extensions on PECL.

Specifically, the text on that page begins by saying that installing pre-compiled extensions is the preferred way on Windows (good).

After some digressions on the build-from-source method, the page returns to talking about where to put the downloaded dll file (in the ext directory).  This is nice information for what to do after finding and getting an extension from PECL.

But throughout the page, there are no instructions (or even links to instructions) for actually getting pre-compiled extensions from the PECL repository.

Note that the previous page, while titled "Downloading PECL extensions", is all about the build-from-source method using the PECL command (which is not included in the official downloads from windows.php.net), thus mostly not applicable to the preferred pre-compiled way (except perhaps a few sentences).

Suggested fix:

Before the "Where to find an extension?" section, add a new extension titled "How to download an extension" with contents telling users to:

Go to https://pecl.php.net/, browse/search to the desired package, choose a version, click the relevant "DLL" link, download the zip file for the relevant PHP version, and extract the dll from there.


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 [2019-01-02 00:55 UTC] girgias@php.net
-Package: Documentation problem +Package: PECL -PHP Version: 7.1.14 +PHP Version: Irrelevant
 [2020-09-01 17:42 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-09-01 17:42 UTC] cmb@php.net
It seems to me that the section "Where to find an extension?" has
all required documentation (except a link to PECL).
 [2020-09-01 17:44 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=2221e0e7e0de8207ca4766892f1cdbb6be7d30a7
Log: Fix #75918: PECL instructions lack first step
 [2020-09-01 17:44 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2020-09-01 18:55 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of mumumu
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/ja.git;a=commit;h=f7e170b89427a5e229287298ee46561b9eb4390e
Log: Fix #75918: PECL instructions lack first step
 [2020-12-30 11:59 UTC] nikic@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of mumumu
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/ja.git;a=commit;h=496b5f0ad410876e6084bab278f8df98359c411a
Log: Fix #75918: PECL instructions lack first step
 
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