Some of you requested that I compile 64 bit Windows binaries for PHP 5.3.2 since they are not officially available from the PHP website. And so, I did and you will find the download link at the end of this post. But first let me tell you about a bug in this release that may or may not affect you. 😀

I compiled PHP 5.3.1 a few weeks ago but noticed that scripts that used the mysql extensions were not working. I thought this was because of a problem with the mysql extensions in this particular build, since the scripts were working fine with a 64 bit build of PHP 5.3.0 that I downloaded from http://windows.php.net/qa/.

Yesterday, after I compiled PHP 5.3.2, I noticed the same problem. And after a lot of messing around I realized that the problem was because PHP was not resolving “localhost” to “127.0.0.1” and instead resolving to the IPv6 address “::1”.  As mentioned before, this problem is not there in PHP 5.3.0, so I believe its a bug in PHP.

A good workaround for this problem is to comment out “::1             localhost” in your “hosts” file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) if it isn’t already, and uncomment “127.0.0.1       localhost” if it is commented out by default, as is the case with Windows 7. Another workaround is to use “127.0.0.1” in your PHP scripts instead of “localhost”.

Also, I tried compiling the mysql extensions with libmysql instead of mysqlnd to see if the problem persisted. I was able to compile the php_mysql extension successfully with libmysql (the php_mysqli and php_pdo_mysql extensions failed to compile with libmysql), and noticed that the problem wasn’t there. Scripts that used the php_mysql extension to connect to the mysql database with “localhost” defined as the database host, were working fine. So, I have included the php_mysql extension compiled with libmysql with this release.

So far, this “localhost” resolution bug is the only one that I have come across in this release.

Anyway, this release also includes the php5apache2_2.dll module for use with 64 bit versions of Apache 2.2.

And here is the configure log for anyone interested in it.

Download

php-5.3.2-Win32-VC9-x64.zip

CRC32: A356949C

MD5: F16FF84C27CBB642B4ED1E25FE997F82

SHA1: DCCF68C0935ECE581D1F0208F6E8A27C265CBF03

I found out recently that ModSecurity 2.5.12 was out and so, as before, I compiled a 64 bit binary for use with 64 bit versions of Apache 2.2 on Windows. Once again, it was compiled with MSVC 9 (Visual C++ 2008) and includes libxml2 2.7.6 and lua 5.1.4.

I am currently using it myself with Apache 2.2.15 on Windows 7. For installation instructions, make sure you read the “README_FIRST.txt” file first. 😀

Download

modsecurity-apache_2.5.12-win64.zip

CRC32: 71D2A7FD

MD5: A86A2779191FBE7B6352ACEE7C3F7345

SHA1: 7A3329199794C967706610E2A25453402DCEBC27

Apache HTTP Server version 2.2.15 was released recently. It includes a number of important security and bug fixes. A changelog with further details can be found here. Thanks to Scott for notifying me about this new version. 😀

Below you will find the 32 bit and 64 bit windows installers. Like the previous releases, the binaries have been compiled with Visual C++ 2008 (VC9). The installers and binaries are digitally signed and the signatures should appear valid as long as your Windows is up to date.

apache_2.2.15-x64-openssl-0.9.8m.msi

CRC32: C7339B42

MD5: B471C2DE3F9F79CB6AD2A60D188054CB

SHA1: A00486B87F85DF2C155598F2202223009AC8E3F1

apache_2.2.15-x64-no-ssl.msi

CRC32: 24406DA6

MD5: 4BFB3105F7F720E23981784D341B13AB

SHA1: 24E9FCC1EC4E97EECDD3E70F4D2C14D5433A657B

apache_2.2.15-x86-no-ssl.msi

CRC32: A41C5A8A

MD5: 44A2C275DA428AB64BB2048A74BA5DDA

SHA1: FE1AF42748A5592A35C77757799FAC0A941A1307

apache_2.2.15-x86-openssl-0.9.8m.msi

CRC32: DBE16130

MD5: B9ED4DD6D2B8B70843D3E107DE420870

SHA1: 34A564792ECCB0451914515F39F85B6AC696CEF4

The 32 bit binaries have been tested with Windows XP and the 64 bit binaries have been tested with Windows 7.