MinGW linker call php8ts.dll php8embed.dll that compiled out by MSVC.
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Recently I was porting FrankenPHP to windows. It is a web server code in GO and C. GO can only call GNU C code. On Windows its MinGW.
I've tried to compile PHP on Windows with MinGW, and find it out that it even have no rules for organise a compilation.
Cause PHP on Windows only support for MSVC officially. Of course there's also Clang and ICC, but MSVC is main stream. And I find that MinGW-w64 linker could link the .dll that MSVC out. It's pretty versatile, except for some MSVC features that lead compile-time-error.
So, I've tried to change code in php-8.3.0, get rid of somethings like “__vectorcall” "__forceinline", and change the Makefile to make php8embed.dll out. And then, MinGW-w64 gcc could link the php8ts.dll and php8embed.dll that MSVC out. That makes FrankenPHP could be port to windows.
I don't know the feature that make the dll compiled by MSVC callable by MinGW, will this be accepted by the mainline.
Here is changes on php-8.3.0, see it as a demo. changes
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Start by reviewing the linked php-8.3.0 changes and the Windows Makefile/build rules, then trace how MSVC produces php8ts.dll and php8embed.dll. Confirm the intended MinGW-w64 compatibility scope and document a reproducible build and link result; the issue does not name a test suite.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, php
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100