Re: [INTERNALS-WIN] Re: [PHP-WEBMASTER] PHP Installation

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:22 PM, Hannes Magnusson
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I just want to be able to run the binary. I have no Windows experience
> and honestly don't want to know to much about it either. I just want
> to run php there for testing purposes.
>
> Bundle it would be fantastic, then we guarantee the user uses the
> runtime it was built for and its less work for the user.
> If it can be redistributed with MSI installed apps, it probably can be
> with a .zip too.
>

I do not think we can without asking the users to actually install it.
Or it won't get updated later then. So no, I am not in favor of bundle
it.

>>> Windows programs typically use an MSI installer that automatically ensures
>>> the correct CRT is installed (so normally Windows users don't think about
>>> it).... I'm not advocating having an MSI installer for PHP though! (copy-
>>> distributable ZIP files are much better, they just don't install the CRT).
>>
>> We also have WebPI that will resolve this issue for some users as well.
>
> Googling WebPI, it seems like a Microsoft products exclusive
> installer.. Excellent for those who are already in the Microsoft
> heaven, but not for those who'd like to use alternatives like apache
> or whatever.

Wamp, xamp. apachelounge, apachefriends, etc. There are dozen ways to
do that. We should list them if not already done. All of them rely on
the php.net's binaries.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre

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