[PHP-DEV] win32 questions - try 2

[Vlad Krupin]

Ok, looks like all win32 experts are on vacation, or have no opinion. 
I've implemented win32 build to the best of my knowledge, and it works. 
I committed it, along with the .dsp file. But I still want to figure out 
how to make sure that php_pspell.dll gets built and included into next 
PHP release.

Somebody who does windows builds, please, could you tell me what I need 
to do to get pspell into win32 snapshots builds? I imagine, we need:

1) install pspell includes and libraries on a build machine, so we can 
link to them
2) add pspell to the build
3) add ';extension=php_pspell.dll' to php.ini-* files

Thanks in advance,

Vlad



Vlad Krupin wrote:
Hi, internals,

I need some help with my attempt to provide win32 port for the 
spellchecker (pspell extension). Since I am pretty ignorant as far as 
win32 goes, can some kind win32 guru answer this?:

1. The spellchecker has dictionaries that are located somewhere on the 
system and there is a registry key pointing to that place. PHP needs to 
know where they are. We can
 a) read it from the registry every time we open a new dictionary
 b) create an ini option for that (I know that nobody likes making 
php.ini even larger)
 c) force the developer provide a path (extra hassle, and the scripts 
won't be very portable between windows and other OSes, so I'd rather not 
do it)
What is the best way to do it?

2. What needs to be done to make sure the new dll gets built and 
distributed along with other extensions with the next releae of PHP? I 
assume that whoever does those win32 builds needs to know how to install 
the spellchecker, where to get the library, etc.

Thanks,

Vlad




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