php-doc-en/faq/obtaining.xml

<chapter id="faq.obtaining">
 <title>Obtaining PHP</title>
  <titleabbrev>Where to download PHP?</titleabbrev>

   <para>
    This section has details about PHP download locations, and
    OS issues.
   </para>

  <qandaset>
   <qandaentry id="faq.obtaining.where">
    <question>
     <para>What is PHP?</para>
    </question>
    <answer>
     <para>
      You can download PHP from any of the members of the
      PHP network of sites. These can be found at 
      <ulink url="&faqurl.php;">&faqurl.php;</ulink>.
      You can also use anonymous CVS to get the absolute latest
      version of the source. For more information, go to 
      <ulink url="&faqurl.php.cvs;">&faqurl.php.cvs;</ulink>.
     </para>
    </answer>
   </qandaentry>

   <qandaentry id="faq.obtaining.precompiled">
    <question>
     <para>Are pre-compiled binary versions available?</para>
    </question>
    <answer>
     <para>
      Yes, although they are not always up to date.  The Windows binary is
      generally current, but the Unix binaries lag behind and are only available
      for certain platforms.  All download are available in the 
      <ulink url="&faqurl.php.download;">Downloads</ulink> section.
     </para>
    </answer>
   </qandaentry>

   <qandaentry id="faq.obtaining.optional">
    <question>
     <para>
      Where can I get libraries needed to compile some of the optional
      PHP extensions?
     </para>
    </question>
    <answer>
     <para>
      <note>
       <simpara>
        Those marked with * are not thread-safe libraries, and
        should not be used with PHP as a server module in the multi-threaded
        Windows web servers (IIS, Netscape).  This does not matter in Unix
        environments, yet.
       </simpara>
      </note>
     </para>
     <para>
      <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.ldap;">LDAP (unix)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.ldap.mt;">LDAP* (unix)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.ldap.netscape;">LDAP (unix/win)</ulink> : 
 	     Netscape Directory (LDAP) SDK 1.1.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.ldap.netscape;">free LDAP server</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
 	   <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.sleepycat;">Berkeley DB2 (Unix/Win)</ulink> :
 	     &faqurl.sleepycat;.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.snmp">SNMP* (Unix): </ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.gd">GD* (Unix/Win)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.msql.win">mSQL* (Win)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.msql.unix">mSQL* (Unix)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.mysql">MySQL* (Unix)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.imap">IMAP* (Win/Unix)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.snmp">Sybase-CT* (Linux, libc5)</ulink> : 
 	     Available locally.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.freetype">FreeType (libttf):</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.zlib">ZLib (Unix/Win32)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.expat">expat XML parser (Unix/Win32)</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.pdflib">PDFLib</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem> 	   
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.mcrypt">mcrypt</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.mhash">mhash</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.t1lib">t1lib</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.dmalloc">dmalloc</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.aspell">aspell</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	    <simpara>
 	     <ulink url="&faqurl.readline">readline</ulink>.
 	    </simpara>
 	   </listitem>
 	  </itemizedlist>
     </para>
    </answer>
   </qandaentry>
  
   <qandaentry id="faq.obtaining.how">
    <question>
     <para>How do I get these libraries to work?</para>
    </question>
    <answer>
     <para>
      You will need to follow instructions provided with the library. Some of
      these libraries are detected automatically when you run the 'configure'
      script of PHP (such as the GD library), and others you will have to
      enable using '<literal>--with-EXTENSION</literal>' options to 
      '<literal>configure</literal>'. Run 
      '<literal>configure --help</literal>' for a listing of these.     
     </para>
    </answer>
   </qandaentry>
   <qandaentry id="faq.obtaining.compileNT">
    <question>
     <para>
      I got the latest version of the PHP source code from the CVS
      repository on my Windows 95/NT machine, what do I need to compile it?
     </para>
    </question>
    <answer>
     <para>
      First, you will need Microsoft Visual C++ v6 (v5 may do
      it also, but we do it with v6), and you will need to 
      <ulink url="&faqurl.php.support.winbuild;">download the support files</ulink>. 
      You will need to unzip this file (which
      has subdirectories, so make sure your unzip program keeps them)
      into the win32 subdirectory of the source distribution.
    </para>
    </answer>
   </qandaentry>
   <qandaentry id="faq.obtaining.browscap">
    <question>
     <para>Where do I find the Browser Capabilities File?</para>
    </question>
    <answer>
     <para>
      You can find a <filename>browscap.ini</filename> file at 
      <ulink url="&faqurl.browscap;">&faqurl.browscap;</ulink>.
     </para>
    </answer>
   </qandaentry>
  </qandaset>
 </chapter>

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