Question

I have an ApacheFriends XAMPP running on my windows machine and i am trying to access some Paradox database files directly from PHP.

I see that there is an extension for this but how can i install it for my windows system?

Answer 1

• copy the extension’s .dll to path\to\xampp\php\ext\
• and a line similar to extension=php_paradox.dll in path\to\xampp\php\php.ini, where php_paradox.dll is the name of your extension’s .dll file
• configure your extension’s parameters in path\to\xampp\php\php.ini, if any, per your extension’s intructions
• restart Apache

If you have pecl installed, pecl install paradox might fetch it on to your system. If not you must step though the ugly steps of extension compiling:

• download php source code
• copy the extension’s source in path/php-src/ext/ dir
• ./configure --prefix=/where/to/install/php --enable-debug --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-cgi --enable-cli --with-mysql=/path/to/mysql --with-PARADOX=shared,PATH/TO/DIR
• make, make install and you’ll find the .dll in install/path/ext/ dir