Due to the required getaddrinfo() function in Ws2_32.dll added to Windows XP SP2 and later.
The minimum Windows version is now Windows XP SP2; Windows XP SP1, 2000, 98, ME, and NT4 are no longer supported.
See: http://bugs.php.net/48761
Changes to the Windows releases:
php_pdo_oci8.dll
library (for use with Oracle version 8
client libraries) is no longer being built. Instead, use
php_pdo_oci.dll
(note no '8') with Oracle 10 or 11
client libraries. Connection to other database versions is still supported.
php_oci8_11g.dll
is available in addition to
php_oci8.dll
. Only one can be enabled at any time. Use
php_oci8.dll
with Oracle 10.2 client libraries. Use
php_oci8_11g.dll
with Oracle 11 or later client libraries.
Connection to other database versions is still supported.
Windows support has been added for the following functions:
Other changes:
PHP_WINDOWS_*
. A list of these constants and their usage
can be found at Constante predefinite.
Support for the ISAPI module has been dropped. Use the improved FastCGI SAPI module instead.
Notă: A new dedicated site for PHP on Windows is now available, including downloads, release candidates, and snapshots in various flavors (thread-safe/not-thread-safe, VC6/VC9, x86/x64). The URL of this site is » https://windows.php.net/.
Due to the required getaddrinfo() function in Ws2_32.dll added to Windows XP SP2 and later.
The minimum Windows version is now Windows XP SP2; Windows XP SP1, 2000, 98, ME, and NT4 are no longer supported.
See: http://bugs.php.net/48761
Fast CGI is available for IIS6. Reading the IIS website (which is more appropriate since it is server specific) yields plenty of results regarding PHP setup under the fastCGI module. They even have an entire domain associated with PHP.
Note: links were denied because they were supposedly spam? Everything you need to know is linked at the beginning of this site: http://php.iis.net/