Install PHP 5.6 on Win 8.1 x64
Following the instructions here http://windows.php.net/download/
I downloaded the VC11 x86 Thread Safe (32-bit), even though I'm on 64-bit Win 8.1
The 64-bit is experimental and oh well, I don't need PHP to do super crazy number crunching anyway.
Installation instructions
- Create dir C:\dev\php
- Extract the zip contents into that directory
- Add C:\dev\php to the system environment path
- copy C:\dev\php\php.ini-development to C:\dev\php\php.ini
Set Time Zone
- edit C:\dev\php\php.ini
- Add this line:
date.timezone = America/Los_Angeles
Change the time zone to match whatever yours is. This example works for PST in the US. To see all supported time zones go to http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
Get SSL working:
- edit C:\dev\php\php.ini
- Uncomment this line:
;extension=php_openssl.dll - And change the line to read this:
extension=C:\dev\php\ext\php_openssl.dll
Enable CURL:
- edit C:\dev\php\php.ini
- Uncomment this line:
;extension=php_curl.dll - And change the line to read this:
extension=C:\dev\php\ext\php_curl.dll
Enable XSL (for PHPDoc):
- edit C:\dev\php\php.ini
- Uncomment this line:
;extension=php_xsl.dll - And change the line to read this:
extension=C:\dev\php\ext\php_xsl.dll
Install XDebug:
- Download from here:
http://xdebug.org/download.php - Make sure you pick the one that matches the version of PHP you installed.
- For example I got "PHP 5.6 VC11 TS (32 bit)"
- Windows will tell you this type of file is not safe. Duh. Save it anyway
- Save it to C:\dev\php\ext
- edit C:\dev\php\php.ini
- THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY EXTENSION
- Add it by adding this line at the bottom:
zend_extension="C:\dev\php\ext\php_xdebug-2.2.5-5.6-vc11.dll" - Of course make sure the filename matches the one you downloaded.
Install Composer
Download Composer, it should work fine now:
Thanks to:
http://php.net/manual/en/openssl.installation.php Alan 3 years ago added some great tips on how to do this very thing.
