as documented in the OpenSSL FAQ https://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#PROG2
to properly work on Windows. While this primarily affects the OpenSSL
functionality, the shim needs to be included into the executable file
- which loads the extension DLL, not into the extension DLL itself. Thus, this
- primarily affects any WAMP or other redistributions bundling the official
- PHP releaze zipballs or building from sources. The applink shim is already
- integrated with all the PHP executables from the official distribution
+ which loads the extension DLL, not into the extension DLL itself. Alternatively
+ it can be compiled and linked with the main program as a separate object file.
+ More information and explanation in the linked OpenSSL FAQ.
+
+ Thus, this primarily affects any WAMP or other redistributions bundling the
+ official PHP release zipballs or building from sources. The applink shim is
+ already integrated with all the PHP executables from the official distribution
starting with 7.0.0beta1.