# php5 win32 snapshots now built using new build system

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/6837
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- Started by Wez Furlong on 2004-01-08T00:56:56+00:00
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## #6837 — Wez Furlong — 2004-01-08T00:56:56+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/6837#6837

This is just a heads-up; tonight Edin and I switched to using
the new win32 build system for our official PHP 5 snaps.

In order to encourage people to install PHP in a sane way on
modern win32 (win2k and later), we have merged the contents of
the sapi/ and dll/ folders and put them into the root of the
zip file.  This means that you can unzip the snap and run php
straight out of the root folder.  No need to copy dll's into
windows system directories.

It would be great if someone could update the various installation
documentation to reflect this.

--Wez.