hi, Yes, there is a reason.
We do not support x64 binaries yet, for php itself and many libs used by PHP. Some argues that it is safe. Btw, it is not faster to run on x64 either. php-next will have x64 support tho'. Cheers, On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmax...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I've noticed that on windows.php.net that all the builds are x86. I > was wondering if there is any reason (technical or not) not to > distribute x64 builds as well there. It's quite annoying having to > constantly drop to a VM every time I need to test something that's 64 > bit dependent... > > Just a thought. > > Thanks, > > Anthony > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
