bison.exe not found compiling PHP7 in VS15

Question

Attempting to compile PHP in Windows with Visual Studio 15 (community edition) results in

Checking for bison.exe ... <not found>

All I'm after is a version of php_pdo_sqlite.dll that includes the soundex() function. See this for the PHP 5 method I used.

I do know that VS Code is insufficient, and that installing VS 15 community does not add the path to cl.exe. Because I only need to go through this exercise to get the dll I am grossly unfamiliar with Visual Studio. Where is bison.exe? [And yes, I know that soundex() is in pdo_sqlite in *nix.]

It's [this Bison](https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/). It shouldn't be that difficult to locate a Windows version. — molbdnilo, Dec 10 '15 at 16:04

globalSchmidt · Answer 1 · 2016-05-16T22:30:33.283

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It's possible that bison.exe (or the related files) is not on your system. In that case @Dmitry (and others') suggestion is correct. However, another fix is to launch the Developer Command Prompt in VS15 and be sure to run {rootdir}\bin\phpsdk_setvars.bat before you run configure. This solved my issue.

edited May 16 '16 at 22:30

answered May 16 '16 at 22:26

globalSchmidt

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"Above?" Better to refer to other questions in a position-independent way. Right now, only the question is above your answer. – Mogsdad May 16 '16 at 22:27
This is the correct answer and should replace the other one. – Mark A. Hershberger Nov 03 '18 at 18:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '15 at 16:07

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Are you looking for this fellow? It's a parser generator (in case you didn't know) built for windows platform. You'll have to install the binary somewhere in your PATH, so that VS could find it.

answered Dec 10 '15 at 16:07

Dmitry Grigoryev

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Thanks immensely! It sure had me buffaloed! – geoB Dec 10 '15 at 16:40
Now all I have to do is find `malloc.h`: `Cannot open include file: 'malloc.h'` – geoB Dec 10 '15 at 16:43

bison.exe not found compiling PHP7 in VS15

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