[Mapserver-users] Compiling PHP_MapScript.dl...

[Mike Leahy]

Daniel,

Normally I would just use the binaries from the site...but the latest posted 
on maptools.org in the MapScript downloads was not compiled with PostGIS.  
Basically I'm trying to update PostGIS to a version that can get some basic 
GIS functionality (e.g., buffering, unions, etc.).  PostGIS 0.7.5 just doesn't 
quite cut it in that respect.  But if I do update it, I also have to update 
PostgreSQL, and no pre-compiled MapServer/MapScript binary package that I can 
find on maptools.org or the umn site has the fix that handles bug #416 - an 
unclosed cursor when more than one item is queried in a map.

I had actually posted a message about this earlier asking if maybe the next 
posted copy of MapServer 4.1-dev binaries could include PostGIS support, but 
nobody replied and I actually somehow got removed from the mailing list 
shortly after that (!?).  I realize that the developers cannot meet all 
requests made by users.  So, when the April 2 version of 4.1 was posted on 
maptools.org and still didn't include PostGIS, I started looking at other 
possible solutions.  As you can see in my subsequent messages, I didn't really 
find much success...mostly due to the fact that I'm working in a Windows 
environment.  For now, I'll stick with the older versions that I currently 
have working.

Kind regards,
Mike

Quoting Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at dmsolutions.ca>:

> Mike Leahy wrote:
> >  
> > I'm guessing this is because I compiled MapServer in Cygwin and now I'm
> trying 
> > to get a Win-compatible DLL from the same package.  If I'm wrong, can
> anyone 
> > suggest what I need to fix next?  If so, I'm now looking at figuring out
> how 
> > to compile MapServer using MSVC.  So far that's looking a bit scary.  I got
> 
> > pretty far with respect to the libs needed for the MapScript DLL, but I'm 
> > already running into problems getting all the requirements setup for 
> > MapServer, particularly regarding PHP and Regex. 
> >  
> 
> Yes, it's quite a job to get all the support libs in place to compile 
> MapServer on Windows.  Is there any reason why you cannot simply use the 
> precompiled binaries on our site or on the UMN site?
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>   Daniel Morissette               dmorissette at dmsolutions.ca
>   DM Solutions Group              http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
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> 




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