pThreads on Win 7 and Win10 - php

Question

I can't install/add pthreads to my Win7 and Win10 xampp.
I downloaded the release:
http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/pthreads/
unpacked the extension dll (php_pthreads.dll) to extension directory and the runtime dll (pthreadVC2.dll) to php directory (same dir as php.exe) and add extension=php_pthreads.dll to my configuration, but still it doesn't work.
What to do?
Thanks for the answer.
Nebojša

Answer 1

Windows supporting threads at all would be news to me. The P in pthreads stands for POSIX, like Unix.
This is a different direction, but perhaps the Windows Subsystem for Linux would be worth investigating. It is supposed to provide a basic degree of POSIX compatibility to a Windows environment.

Answer 2

First,
Did you restart Apache after adding the module ?
If not, you should do it.
Next,
Try the basic php multithreaded program
<?php
class AsyncOperation extends Thread {
public function __construct($arg){
$this->arg = $arg;
}
public function run(){
if($this->arg){
printf("Hello %s\n", $this->arg);
}
}
}
$thread = new AsyncOperation("World");
if($thread->start())
$thread->join();
?>
You seem to have followed all the necessary steps. Should be straightforward from there.