Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:73750 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 35549 invoked from network); 21 Apr 2014 12:05:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Apr 2014 12:05:07 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=pierre.php@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=pierre.php@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.192.45 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: pierre.php@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.192.45 mail-qg0-f45.google.com Received: from [209.85.192.45] ([209.85.192.45:50846] helo=mail-qg0-f45.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id F6/30-32701-17905535 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:05:05 -0400 Received: by mail-qg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id a108so3790556qge.4 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2014 05:05:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=zpnkTtga0C8NZY+VpMk5LKtNA9eLvVUACYW1wmIU+7s=; b=CzkdyWwUOZa5iVrP3pApG1Md1zGNTTmIaz5sMVPizJ73VPCdIjX6nVcZ0NRcF6Pbdo g/B3/tUsEYttSoxhXUmrFEOdhgUTxPpp3euv0WvpZ74pMkhQuEYh3Tyu41pUqtXVtrSB Lx8sCHmLAve5khCYcyW/wColwogU4t7qtJ3CmtM4F/sgHeSdqpk3aaRzn5GORZ4+mSPg LM8EFY+Nd57Qj6brtHxt0X6QwoGGauVjwow8+NkToeW6IbgUySwjrm8AwjSKBrNV1k22 eMYRtBWV3fzxB4AgS+GbUX2HKAhfGP1ck70sl5Achvn9fHEV1prRrio6u7dvravNGe5d DS0w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.13.7 with SMTP id z7mr40778145qaz.4.1398081902765; Mon, 21 Apr 2014 05:05:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.47.231 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Apr 2014 05:05:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5354F257.3030508@lsces.co.uk> References: <53545EA8.2020703@sugarcrm.com> <5354F257.3030508@lsces.co.uk> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:05:02 +0200 Message-ID: To: Lester Caine Cc: PHP internals Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP on 64-bit windows From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye) hi, On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Lester Caine wrote: > Pierre Joye wrote: >> >> php 6 will actually have real 64bit support, hopefully, the int64 >> branch has all necessary changes and I seriously hope that the RFC >> will be accepted. > > > Pierre ... I'm still fighting 32/64 bit problems with windows on legacy > systems. 64 bit windows does not allow access to the parallel port which we > use for controlling additional hardware. I have no parallel port at hand to do tests but it should work like any devices. Please report a bug, add a stack trace (process monitor output) to see what happens. > While not directly a problem for > simple code, is the way 64 bit builds of windows handle memory access a > problem for PHP builds? Having moved the servers over to Linux for PHP and > database support, the remaining elements are STILL locked to 32bit windows > simply because of legacy hardware, but I'm trying to work out the best way > forward as we are still tied to XP on a number of systems ... with PHP > access for control ... so things are getting very messy :( If you use XP it means you use 5.4, we do not provide any 64bit support for windows with 5.4, only 5.5+, experimental. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org