This guide explains how to use zephir using a windows operating system. Some parts are optional, when you have a specific PHP version. Parts which are only necessary for a specific PHP version, are marked as such. PHP-Version requirements are marked using [ ]

• Install Visual Studio 2012 Express (You should start it and activate it)

• Install PHP (NTS)
  • Download and extract it
  • Make sure it is in the PATH, as for example below:

  setx path "%path%;c:\path-to-php\"

• Install PHP SDK(Currently php-sdk-binary-tools-20110915.zip is the newest)

setx php_sdk "c:\path-to-php-sdk"

• Download PHP Developer Pack(NTS!) (or build it yourself with --enable-debug --disable-zts and nmake build-devel or just nmake snap by using the PHP-SDK)

setx php_devpack "c:\path-to-extracted-devpack"

• Clone/Download the repostiory and set the path as below

setx path "%path%;c:\path-to-zephir\bin"

1. Download Zephir Parser for Windows
2. Extract the DLL file and copy it to your PHP extensions directory
3. Edit your php.ini file and add this line:

   [Zephir Parser]
   ; You can use here absolute path to your custom modules dir
   ; or relative to the PHP modules dir
   extension=zephir_parser.dll

NOTE: Also you can compile it yourself.

• [PHP7 or later] Open the Visual Studio 2015 Command Prompt (Find it by searching for cmd or just open "%VS140COMNTOOLS%\VsDevCmd")
• [PHP5.5 or later] Open the Visual Studio 2012 Command Prompt (Find it by searching for cmd or just open "%VS110COMNTOOLS%\VsDevCmd")
• Execute %PHP_SDK%\bin\phpsdk_setvars
• CD to your extension and zephir build
• Take the built .dll from your_ext/Release/php_extname.dll (or your_ext/Release_TS/php_extname.dll)

• Building PHP 5.5 - 7.1 under Windows: https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild
• Building PHP 7.2+ under Windows: https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild_sdk_2