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Support PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS on Windows

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Feature OS: Windows SAPI: cli_server Status: Verified
Dominant language
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Description

Description

The docs say that this mechanism doesn’t work on Windows, but this would be just as helpful to Windows devs.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the documentation for PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS and the existing CLI server implementation to understand how worker processes are handled and where the Windows limitation is enforced. The issue does not name files or tests; done would require working Windows support and documentation that no longer excludes Windows.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c, php
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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