Compiling PHP from source - Windows

[Syeknom]

Hi!

 

I'm unsure if this is the best place for this question as its not strictly about installation, rather building/compilation but I'm struggling so hard that it's worth a shot.

 

I'm trying to compile PHP 5.2.5 from source on a windows machine (Vista, 64bit) and I'm running into error after error.

 

Step-by-step guide I'm following on php.net: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.building.php

 

I've run buildconf and configure.js with success, but nmake throws a fatal error:

 

Creating library Release_TS\php5ts.lib and object Release\TS\php5ts.exp
php_xmlreader.obj : warning LNK4217: locally defined symbol _php_dom_create_object imported in function _zim_xmlreader_expand
libxml.obj: error LNK2019 : unresolved external symbol _xm1D11Main referenced in function _D11Main@12
Release_TS\php5ts.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\cl.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

 

Google reveals that a few others have this as well, and that its being caused by the libxml library/extension - but I have so little idea how to resolve it. If anyone has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.