PHP 7 installation considerations
There are three primary means of acquiring PHP 7:
- Downloading and installing directly from the source code
- Installing pre-compiled binaries
- Installing a *AMP package (that is, XAMPP, WAMP, LAMP, MAMP, and so on)
How to do it...
The three methods are listed in order of difficulty. However, the first approach, although tedious, will give you the most finite control over extensions and options.
Installing directly from source
In order to utilize this approach, you will need to have a C compiler available. If you are running Windows, MinGW is a free compiler that has proven popular. It is based on the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) compiler provided by the GNU project. Non-free compilers include the classic Turbo C compiler ...
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