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FTP extension is no longer shared extension by default on Windows

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Description

From manual page: https://php.net/ftp.installation


This page states that the FTP extension is always built as a shared extension on Windows. However, due to changes made to the source code in 2016, it is enabled as a static-link extension by default.

The history can be found in the following:
https://github.com/php/php-src/commits/master/ext/ftp/config.w32

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Start with the FTP installation manual page linked in the issue and compare its Windows shared-extension statement with the ext/ftp/config.w32 history. Update the documentation to describe the current default behavior, then verify that the page no longer makes the outdated claim.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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