Php installation

[email protected] (george diamei) Sat, 2 Nov 2013 14:25:39 +0530
Newsgroups php.install
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Iam trying to build php from source in windows 8 , i downloaded php source
from "http://www.php.net/downloads.php" and "
http://windows.php.net/download/#php-5.5" which one of these should i use
to build php and also from "http://windows.php.net/download/#php-5.5"
under "VC11
x86 Thread Safe (2013-Oct-17 00:30:06) "
(Although iam not sure what is thread safe and non-thread safe)i downloaded
'zip' and 'Debug pack'  where should i use these two packages.