[Info-vax] Announcing PHP v5.6.3 for VMS

[Mark Berryman]

On 6/30/11 6:09 PM, Mark Berryman wrote:
> I have finished putting my port of PHP v5.3.6 through the approximately
> 10,000 regression tests and it is now ready for general use. You can
> find a copy at the usual place at http://www.theberrymans.com/php_kits/
>
> Those of you using MySQL with PHP should find this version to be a
> definite improvement. PHP 5.3 uses the mysqlnd drivers, instead of
> depending on any particular version of the MySQL client libraries, and
> testing shows it to be a much more solid interface. I use phpmyadmin for
> part of my testing and it is now rock solid, both when managing MySQL on
> the local VMS host and when managing MySQL running on other, non-VMS,
> hosts.
>
> This kit should now have just about every PHP extension useful for a VMS
> system. If there is one missing that you would like to have, just let me
> know.

It was pointed out to me that this kit was throwing a lot of alignment 
faults.  I found a configuration variable that was set wrong and this 
corrected the problem.  New kits are up and the new kit does not 
generate any alignment faults (at least, not with any of the tests that 
I have).

Mark Berryman

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