Install WSF/PHP with WAMPServer

Formerly I have written several guidelines to install wsf/php in Linux like Installing WSF/PHP 1.2.1 in ubuntu and Install WSF/PHP 1.2.1 with zend core in Ubuntu 7.10. So I thought to prepare a similar guideline for windows specially with my favorite wamp software wampserver.

1. Download wampserver from http://www.wampserver.com. and install. The installation can be done completely using the GUI installer and it is straightforward. I install it in the default directory, C:\wamp. My wampserver version is 2.0, but i think this guide should work for most of the versions near 2.0 as well.
2. Download wso2 wsf/php windows binary from http://wso2.org/projects/wsf/php. It is 1.3.2 when I’m writing this.
3. Extracted the binary in to a local directory. I extract the wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32.zip to the C:\software directory where I normally put my software.
4. Download the iconv and libxml2 windows libraries from http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml/
5. Extract them in a local directory. I m extracting it to my C:\software directory

   Note: So after the above steps I have following directories. So if you follow this correctly you should also have a similar directory structure.

   C:\wamp
   

   C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32

   C:\software\libxml2-2.6.30.win32

   C:\software\iconv-1.9.2.win32

6. Copy the wsf.dll file to the wamp php extension directory. So if you follow the same path I used to install the software you can copy the “C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32\wsf.dll” to “C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\ext” directory straightaway. Adjust your paths according to your installation directories.
7. Now you have to find the php.ini to set the configuration of wsf/php. If you are running wamp you can find the wampserver icon in the left hand side of the task bar.

   click the wampserver icon -> go to PHP menu -> click php.ini and the php.ini will be opend.

   Add the following entries to the end of the file. (The path should be changed to your installation directory locations)

   [wsf]
   wsf.home=”C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32\wsf_c”
   wsf.log_path=”C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32\wsf_c\logs”
   wsf.log_level=3

   extension=wsf.dll

   include_path=”.;C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32\scripts”

8. Enable the xsl extension. This can also be done using the wamp server icon in the left hand side of the task bar

   Wampserver icon -> PHP -> PHP Extensions -> php_xsl (you may have to scroll down to find the entry and make sure it is ticked)

9. Then you should add the libxml2, iconv and wsf/c libraries to the ‘PATH’ environment variable. This can be done using the windows GUI.

   Right click My Computer -> click Properties -> Go to the ‘Advanced’ tab -> click ‘Environment Variables’

   There you can see the list of user variables and system variables. In the ‘system variables’ there should be an entry for the ‘path’ variable. If it exist select that entry and click the edit button, if not click the new butto and add the variable name ‘path’ Note that you should not add the paths in to user variables since Wamp will never load user variables at the statup.

   I added the following directories to the path variable separating them with semi colons. Again the locations can be changed depend on where you installed wsf/php.

   C:\software\libxml2-2.6.30.win32\bin
   

   C:\software\iconv-1.9.2.win32\bin
   

   C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32\wsf_c\lib

   So for me the dialog box the path variable looks like this,

   Variable name: Path

   Variable value: <some early libraries for other binaries>…..;C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32\wsf_c\lib;C:\software\libxml2-2.6.30.win32\bin;C:\software\iconv-1.9.2.win32\bin

   Unfortunately to be loaded ‘system variable’ by wamp, you have to restart the system. So just do a restart.

10. Next time you start the wampserver you should see the wsf extension ticked in the GUI. Now copy the wsf/c sample directory to the www directory. In my computer it is copying ‘C:\software\wso2-wsf-php-bin-1.3.2-win32\samples’ to ‘C:\wamp\www’.

    Try some samples in “http://localhost/samples” from browser. And you just installed wsf/php in WAMPServer..