: The php-5.5.5.tar.bz2 file contains source code that needs to be compiled to binaries before you can use it. Since you are using Windows, why not download the binary packages provided by PHP?

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The php-5.5.5.tar.bz2 file contains source code that needs to be compiled to binaries before you can use it. Since you are using Windows, why not download the binary packages provided by PHP?

From the release announcement (emphasis mine):


PHP 5.5.5 has been released

16-Oct-2013

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP
5.5.5. This release fixes about twenty bugs against PHP 5.5.4, some of them
regarding the build system. All PHP users are encouraged to
upgrade to this new version.

For source downloads of PHP 5.5.5 please visit our downloads page,
Windows binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/.
The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.


See also php.net/windows for installation instructions.

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