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<h2 class="title">Changes made to Windows support</h2>
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Changes to the Windows releases:
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The minimum Windows version is now Windows XP SP3; Windows 98, ME, 2000 and NT4
are no longer supported.
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Windows binaries now target i586 and later. i386 and i486 are not
supported.
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There is now experimental support for x64 versions of PHP on Windows.
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There is now compiler support for Visual C++ 9 (VC9), using Visual Studio
2008. Snapshots and releases will now also be available for VC9. Old
binaries using VC6 are still supported and released in the line with VC9.
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The <a href="ref.pdo-oci.html" class="link">PDO_OCI</a>
<em>php_pdo_oci8.dll</em> library (for use with Oracle version 8
client libraries) is no longer being built. Instead, use
<em>php_pdo_oci.dll</em> (note no '8') with Oracle 10 or 11
client libraries. Connection to other database versions is still supported.
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For the <a href="book.oci8.html" class="link">OCI8</a> extension, a new library
<em>php_oci8_11g.dll</em> is available in addition to
<em>php_oci8.dll</em>. Only one can be enabled at any time. Use
<em>php_oci8.dll</em> with Oracle 10.2 client libraries. Use
<em>php_oci8_11g.dll</em> with Oracle 11 or later client libraries.
Connection to other database versions is still supported.
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Windows support has been added for the following functions:
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<span class="function"><a href="function.checkdnsrr.html" class="function">checkdnsrr()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.dns-get-record.html" class="function">dns_get_record()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.fnmatch.html" class="function">fnmatch()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.getmxrr.html" class="function">getmxrr()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.getopt.html" class="function">getopt()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.imagecolorclosesthwb.html" class="function">imagecolorclosesthwb()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.inet-ntop.html" class="function">inet_ntop()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.inet-pton.html" class="function">inet_pton()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.link.html" class="function">link()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.linkinfo.html" class="function">linkinfo()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.mcrypt-create-iv.html" class="function">mcrypt_create_iv()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.readlink.html" class="function">readlink()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.socket-create-pair.html" class="function">socket_create_pair()</a></span>
- This function was previously available on Windows, but was disabled as of
PHP 4.3.0 due to a bug.
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<span class="function"><a href="function.stream-socket-pair.html" class="function">stream_socket_pair()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.symlink.html" class="function">symlink()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.time-nanosleep.html" class="function">time_nanosleep()</a></span>
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<span class="function"><a href="function.time-sleep-until.html" class="function">time_sleep_until()</a></span>
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Other changes:
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Improved portability of the <span class="function"><a href="function.stat.html" class="function">stat()</a></span>,
<span class="function"><a href="function.touch.html" class="function">touch()</a></span>, <span class="function"><a href="function.filemtime.html" class="function">filemtime()</a></span>,
<span class="function"><a href="function.filesize.html" class="function">filesize()</a></span> functions, and other related functions (100%
portable for the available data).
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It is now possible to create hard links on Windows using the
<span class="function"><a href="function.link.html" class="function">link()</a></span> function, and symbolic links using the
<span class="function"><a href="function.symlink.html" class="function">symlink()</a></span> function. Hard links are available as of
Windows 2000, and symbolic links as of Windows Vista.
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The Windows version of PHP now exposes a set of constants prefixed
<em>PHP_WINDOWS_*</em>. A list of these constants and their usage
can be found at <a href="info.constants.html" class="xref">Predefined Constants</a>.
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
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Support for the ISAPI module has been dropped. Use the improved FastCGI SAPI
module instead.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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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
<a href="http://windows.php.net/" class="link external">» http://windows.php.net/</a>.
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