[mapserver-users] ms4w v5 broken on install -- php-cgi cannot find xerces entry point

[the phloidster]

After installing the current download of ms4w and then
testing with browser url of localhost,

the following error message appears:

"entry point
??0XMLEntityDecl at xerces_2_7@@QAE at QB_W_WQAVMemorymanager@1@@Z
 could not be located in dynamic link library
xerces-c_2_7.dll"


this appears to come from php-cgi.exe

the error appears as a dialog box, after dismissing,
the default start page loads ok

this happens after unzipping the ms4w.zip and running
manually, and also happens after running the install
and running apache as service

i have another instance of apache 2.28, php 5.25 and
xerces 2.7 in a working configuration in another
location, and do not get this problem (the other
instance was not active, not loaded, not running)

i wonder how all these binaries were built,
was the xerces dll built or just bundled?  was php-cgi
exe built with same compiler as xerces? this smells of
compiler/linker version configuration or dependency