phpcpp and php-gtk3 with mingw

[subabrain]

Hello together,

i have a problem when compiling phpgtk3 with mingw from debian - the code of phpgtk3 works to compile but if its compiling the phpcpp lib there are some strange errors:

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/include/phpcpp/inivalue.h:17:21: error: variable ‘Php::PHPCPP_EXPORT Php::IniValue’ has initializer but incomplete type
class PHPCPP_EXPORT IniValue

... and so on ....

Does somebody know whats this Problem?

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

Ok i think its not a Problem with phpgtk3 more than a Problem with MinGW and PHP-CPP ...

[scorninpc]

Any php extensions with MinGW is a problem. If you compile PHP-CPP you can compile PHP-GTK3

[subabrain]

okay - today i will try again to compile to windows :)

[scorninpc]

Nice!

But i'm working on a generated code, non dependency, new code

https://github.com/scorninpc/php-gtk4

With this we'll compile natively on windows, without dependencies, and will support gtk 3 and gtk 4. So i'm unmaintenancing this repo (php-gtk3) for now

[subabrain]

ah ok - great :)

tried now ... but i got it working with linux but its a bit hard to get it with the mingw compiler under debian ...

greets

[scorninpc]

mingw is a problem as I said. You will not get this work with mingw

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3711327/how-do-you-compile-a-php-extension-on-windows-with-cygwin-mingw

You really need VS to compile PHP-CPP on windows, and then compile PHP-GTK easy

[subabrain]

hello

okay - ill try this :)

[subabrain]

Hi there,

i think its easier than expected. Just had to modify the makefile to create .dll files - but i just have to test ...

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

hi boys and girls,

i finaly get php-cpp compile under cygwin ... with cmake ... and now i want to integrate it in the llibs ...

edit: okay i got the phpcpp.dll.a now - its a step further now :)

thanks a lot!
Robert

[scorninpc]

Nice to know @subabrain. What do you want now? just add php-gtk lib on cmake list of libs when compile PHP source and do the compile to see the errors of the lib now.

Make a "HOW TO" compile the php-cpp, to others try compile it too, and mabe i can help more =)

[subabrain]

Hi,

okay - i thought it was wrong - just get the phpcpp-common .dll file but not the real phpcpp project...

so i get phpcpp it in an .a file (that works) ... i try now to compile it from cmake / visual studio ... but i think there are some code errors -> maybe im wrong - but i believe that here is c/c++ mixed in one file ...

i will try further ...

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

Hi,

okay - i got now the phpcpp-common.lib compiled -> with visual studio.
Do i have to load this .lib for compiling the main phpcpp?

would be nice if you could answer ....

Greets
Robert

[scorninpc]

You need the phpcpp.dll to compile php-gtk

[subabrain]

Hi,

yes i know - but could i do it with the following:

make the .a file so its a static lib of phpcpp - then compile phpgtk3 with this .a file ...... then compile the .so from phpgtk3 to .dll??

greets
Robert

[scorninpc]

Oh Robert, I would really like to help, but I don't know anything about windows

[subabrain]

Hi,

okay - i see.... i figured out that it is because of the php-cpp files which are stored in the zend folder ... so now i hope i can make a .dll of the .o and phpcpp lib - will try after work :)

stay tuned!

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

okay - the release is near :)

edit: with wsl ... :)

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

Okay,

i have the .dll of phpcpp now .... now just compile phpgtk3 :)

Greets
Robert

[scorninpc]

Nice, you can share the dll? or the code to compile?

[subabrain]

Hi,

sorry the .dll is corrupt :(

i try to make a mingw 32 bit version - i hope it will be working :)

ITS NOT EASY - BUT I GOT VERY FAR :)

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

okay,

i think its ok now - but one missing .dll:

maybe someone could help :)

GN8!

[scorninpc]

I would really like to be helping you, but for over 10 years I haven't opened a windows. the last version I saw was NT

[subabrain]

😄

[subabrain]

Ok,

if somebody can speak German - this is the link to my describtion how make dlls under Ubuntu:

https://burncycle.de/2022/01/06/dll-von-cpp-datei-unter-linux-erstellen/

(sorry page at the moment not reachable - fix it soon)

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

okay,

i think i have the solution.

just do something like this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9360280/how-to-make-a-lib-file-when-have-a-dll-file-and-a-header-file

on my dll file :)

then run in visual studio with this combination of lib / dll files.

Greets
Robert

[scorninpc]

@subabrain, and if we create a docker? it can run on mac and windows without problems and dependencies

[subabrain]

hmm - i dont think so ..... i try it once again today evenening .... if it not works i will do it maybe a docker ...

Greets
Robert

[scorninpc]

Nice to ear that. But i'm seen a lot people with problem to compile anything about PHP on windows 10 and 11. Anyway, i'll try to do some little tests with docker and will post here

[subabrain]

hi,

sorry for the long delay -> i will compile php-cpp with cmake for windows and then i compile with visual studio php-gtk3 :)

Greets
Robert

[subabrain]

ok,

i got the lib/dll now for windows from phpcpp :)

here:

CopernicaMarketingSoftware/PHP-CPP#443

now itry to compile phpgtk 3 with viusal studio :)

Greets
Robert

[scorninpc]

Better work and documentation on issue #24