Installing pThreads in Windows - php

Question

Can anyone guide me in installing pThreads in Windows .
Actually i want to enable Threads in PHP .
require_once( 'Thread.php' );
// test to see if threading is available
if( ! Thread::available() ) {
die( 'Threads not supported' );
}
// function to be ran on separate threads
function paralel( $_limit, $_name ) {
for ( $index = 0; $index < $_limit; $index++ ) {
echo 'Now running thread ' . $_name . PHP_EOL;
sleep( 1 );
}
}
// create 2 thread objects
$t1 = new Thread( 'paralel' );
$t2 = new Thread( 'paralel' );
// start them
$t1->start( 10, 't1' );
$t2->start( 10, 't2' );
// keep the program running until the threads finish
while( $t1->isAlive() && $t2->isAlive() ) {
}
Error displaying is "Threads not supported."
My PHP version 5.3.4 .

Answer 1

Install ZTS (thread safe) PHP (obligation)
http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.5.6-Win32-VC11-x86.zip
Download Pthread and install
http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/pthreads/
Move php_pthreads.dll to the php\ext\ directory.
Move pthreadVC2.dll to the php\ directory.
enter extension=php_pthreads.dll to php.ini
try examples
https://github.com/krakjoe/pthreads/tree/master/examples

Answer 2

The code you have posted is not compatible with pthreads.
Windows binaries for pthreads are available http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/pthreads/
Simply download the release, unpack the extension dll (php_pthreads.dll) to your extension directory and the runtime dll (pthreadVC2.dll) to your php directory (same dir as php.exe) and add extension=php_pthreads.dll to your configuration
Example pthreads code can be found on github http://github.com/krakjoe/pthreads