Compiling ZMQ for PHP 8 NTS in Windows Server(IIS)

[Dariusz_Golonko]

Hello,
Since compiling ZMQ for PHP 8 NTS in Windows Server(IIS) were never fully documented I’d like to share how I managed to do this.

[SOLVED] V4.0.0 - Some Bugs + ZMQ Problems | ZMQ for PHP 8.2.10 NTS | OpenSSL 3 Legacy Setting to Windows Server IIS

Having some documentation for building it would be super useful as a record. I was actually thinking whether I could add the link https://github.com/zeromq/php-zmq/files/12610669/ZMQ-4.3.4_x64_PHP8.2.10-NTS.zip to the CMS install documentation in a note for windows. I wasn’t sure how you got them to be uploaded into the zeromq repository and whether there was a release page or issue or something that you’d worked on with them.

1. Download and install Visual Studio Build Tools 2019
   Create a network-based installation - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Learn
   https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_buildtools.exe
   

   
   
   
   

2. Download and extract Tool kit for building PHP under Windows
   GitHub - microsoft/php-sdk-binary-tools: Tool kit for building PHP under Windows
   https://github.com/microsoft/php-sdk-binary-tools/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

3. Download and extract source code of PHP 8
   PHP For Windows: Binaries and sources Releases
   

4. Download and extract Source code (zip) of php-zmq
   Release zmq 4.3.4 - prebuilt Windows php extension binaries · stijnvdb88/php-zmq · GitHub

5. Download and extract lib-zmq 4.3.4
   libzmq-v142-x64-4_3_4.zip
   Releases · zeromq/libzmq · GitHub

6. Run Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019
   

   

7. Change directory to \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\
   

   

8. Run phpsdk-vs16-x64
   

9. Execute phpsdk_buildtree phpdev

10. Copy PHP source code directory to \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\phpdev\vs16\x64\

11. Copy php-zmq-4.3.4 (step 4.) to \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\phpdev\vs16\x64\php-8.2.21-src\ext\ and rename to zmq

12. Edit \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\phpdev\vs16\x64\php-8.2.21-src\ext\zmq\config.w32 file by adding true as third parameter in EXTENSION function
    

    

13. Copy zmq.h from lib-zmq 4.3.4 (step 5.) to \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\phpdev\vs16\x64\deps\include\

14. Copy libzmq-v142-mt-4_3_4.lib from lib-zmq 4.3.4 (step 5.) to \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\phpdev\vs16\x64\deps\lib\ and rename to libzmq.lib

15. Go back to Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019 console and change directory to \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\phpdev\vs16\x64\php-8.2.21-src\

16. Execute buildconf --force
    

17. Execute configure --disable-all --disable-zts --enable-cli --with-zmq
    

    
    
    Verify if zmq.h and libzmq.lib were loaded and if zmq is visible in Enabled extensions.

18. Execute nmake

19. Go to \php-sdk-binary-tools-master\phpdev\vs16\x64\php-8.2.21-src\x64\Release\ and there you have php.zmq.dll

20. Copy libzmq-v142-mt-4_3_4.dll from lib-zmq 4.3.4 (step 5.) to <your PHP directory>\ and php.zmq.dll to <your PHP directory>\ext\