write my own php extension in windows

[mike_bio]

Hi to all,

I'm new to PHP and I want to write a (very simple, at start) php extension, using the windows platform.
I've googled and searched around, but wherever I find info about writing my own php extension, it's about linux.

So, does anybody know any good sites, online tutorials, or even books about programming php extensions in windows?

[CompGeek01]

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Cplusplus/Developing-Custom-PHP-Extensions-Part-1/

Google is only your friend if you speak it's language.

[mike_bio]

After two weeks of searching, this is what I have come up with, overally:

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Cplusplus/Developing-Custom-PHP-Extensions-Part-1/
(Developing extensions using the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler in Windows)

http://www.devnewz.com/2002/0909.html
(Compiling extensions with Microsoft's Visual C++ 6.0 compiler. )

http://bugs.tutorbuddy.com/phpcpp/phpcpp/
(focus on UNIX. a few pointers for Windows development. brief and to the point.)

http://kromann.info/article.php?Id=11062862408280000
(build the Windows version of PHP5, including many of the extensions.)

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.building.php
(Official manual for building PHP in win.)

http://www.zend.com/php/internals/extension-writing1.php#Heading5
(Official PHP's Zend manual for bulding extensions. Windows PHP extensions will be covered in a later article)

If anyone has anything to add, please post it.

Thanks again to all who helped.

[Vitalka]

This would be a good place to start:http://www.phpfreaks.com/

They've got tutoials, forums. People there can recomend some good books.

I can tell you that you need Apache server to be running on your box with PHP modul unless you can use some one else's server. And yes it is doable under Windows.