Comments on: PHP and Cygwin http://www.garethhunt.com/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/ Firefox Addons, Mobile Web and living in the USA Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Balaji Dutt http://www.garethhunt.com/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Balaji Dutt Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:52:03 +0000 http://www.garethhunt.com/index.php/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/#comment-1999 I came across your article on how to install PHP for cygwin and was baffled by the corrupt setup.ini problem that Colin mentions as well. Quite by chance, I stumbled across the Cygwinports FAQ on the sourceware website and the instructions provided there worked perfectly - http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ Short version - the cygwin setup now accepts only signed setup.ini files and the sourceware file isn't. The sourceware FAQ tells how to fix this I finally have PHP working inside Cygwin! I came across your article on how to install PHP for cygwin and was baffled by the corrupt setup.ini problem that Colin mentions as well.

Quite by chance, I stumbled across the Cygwinports FAQ on the sourceware website and the instructions provided there worked perfectly – http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/

Short version – the cygwin setup now accepts only signed setup.ini files and the sourceware file isn’t. The sourceware FAQ tells how to fix this

I finally have PHP working inside Cygwin!

]]> By: Dominic http://www.garethhunt.com/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Dominic Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:37:13 +0000 http://www.garethhunt.com/index.php/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/#comment-1990 The previous post was one point only, perhaps a small point. In general, what is missing is a good documentation for the installation of the CygwinPort PHP package. Here are the items I expect in this documentation: 1- On which versions of Windows the package has been tested. 2- The exact description of the packages to extract from Cygwinports: the name of each package that we need to check (i.e., have a cross in the corresponding box) and whether we want the source or the binary. 3- What actions must be done with these packages. This includes the 5 steps here http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ (which should be clarified as pointed out in the previous post). It should also include the answer provided to Min by Gareth. I went through the installation the best I can on Windows Vista and I cannot manage to have Apache recognize my php file as a script. Also, when I call php.exe from a cygwin shell or from a command prompt, I got a long list of warnings that dll'sare missing. The previous post was one point only, perhaps a small point. In general, what is missing is a good documentation for the installation of the CygwinPort PHP package. Here are the items I expect in this documentation:
1- On which versions of Windows the package has been tested.
2- The exact description of the packages to extract from Cygwinports: the name of each package that we need to check (i.e., have a cross in the corresponding box) and whether we want the source or the binary.
3- What actions must be done with these packages. This includes the 5 steps here http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ (which should be clarified as pointed out in the previous post). It should also include the answer provided to Min by Gareth.

I went through the installation the best I can on Windows Vista and I cannot manage to have Apache recognize my php file as a script. Also, when I call php.exe from a cygwin shell or from a command prompt, I got a long list of warnings that dll’sare missing.

]]> By: Dominic http://www.garethhunt.com/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Dominic Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:51:51 +0000 http://www.garethhunt.com/index.php/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/#comment-1989 What do they mean here http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ when they say that every time we update our installation we must visit our preferred Cygwin mirror and then the Cygport repository? If I don't need anything from the Cygport repository, what do I do when I am there? If I just need something from the Cygport repository, what do I do when I visit my preferred Cygwing mirror and I have nothing that I want to download from there? What do they mean here http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ when they say that every time we update our installation we must visit our preferred Cygwin mirror and then the Cygport repository? If I don’t need anything from the Cygport repository, what do I do when I am there? If I just need something from the Cygport repository, what do I do when I visit my preferred Cygwing mirror and I have nothing that I want to download from there?

]]> By: Gareth http://www.garethhunt.com/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 Gareth Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:34:47 +0000 http://www.garethhunt.com/index.php/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/#comment-1870 I suggest trying again in a few days and see if it has resolved itself. If not, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/cygwin-ports/support" rel="nofollow">get in touch with the cygwinports</a> project to ask for help. I suggest trying again in a few days and see if it has resolved itself. If not, get in touch with the cygwinports project to ask for help.

]]> By: Colin http://www.garethhunt.com/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/comment-page-1/#comment-1866 Colin Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:08:49 +0000 http://www.garethhunt.com/index.php/2008/02/06/php-and-cygwin/#comment-1866 FYI, cygwin setup tells me ftp://sourceware.org/pub/cygwinports has a corrupt setup.ini, assumes it's a corrupt mirror, and won't connect to it. FYI, cygwin setup tells me ftp://sourceware.org/pub/cygwinports has a corrupt setup.ini, assumes it’s a corrupt mirror, and won’t connect to it.

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