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ext/uri is always built statically and pulls in the bundled lexbor headers via /I ext/lexbor. On Windows, lexbor's LXB_API macro defaults to __declspec(dllimport) when LEXBOR_STATIC isn't defined. As a result, when PHP itself is linked statically (no DLL) on Windows, every lxb_* symbol referenced from ext/uri fails to resolve:

libphp.lib(php_uri.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
    __imp_lxb_url_parse referenced in function ...
... (one LNK2019 per lxb_* function reachable from ext/uri) ...

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TimWolla commented May 28, 2026

I know nothing about Windows. Should / Must this be fixed in ext/lexbor instead?

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luthermonson commented May 28, 2026

I think your instinct is correct, i"m running a test right now with a change to lexbor and will report back

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luthermonson commented May 28, 2026

@TimWolla thanks for the insight , the change now in lexbor had the same results as doing the define in config.w32 and i was able to get clean static builds on all platforms.

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Define LEXBOR_STATIC in ext/lexbor/config.w32 for static linkage
5521f86 
PHP bundles lexbor as a static-only extension (ext/lexbor/config.w32
declares EXTENSION("lexbor", ..., false /* never shared */)). On
Windows, ext/lexbor/lexbor/core/def.h defaults LXB_API to
__declspec(dllimport) when LEXBOR_STATIC is not defined, which causes
LNK2019 unresolved external symbol errors for every lxb_* function
referenced from consumers (ext/uri today, potentially others later)
when PHP itself is linked statically without a runtime DLL.

Add AC_DEFINE("LEXBOR_STATIC", 1, ...) in ext/lexbor/config.w32 so
the symbol is placed in main/config.w.h and seen by every PHP source
file that includes php.h before lexbor headers. This covers ext/uri
and any future consumer with one definition, in the right place for
configuration intent.

This change lives entirely in PHP-owned configuration (no modification
to the vendored ext/lexbor/lexbor/ tree), so it survives lexbor library
upgrades without re-application.
@luthermonson luthermonson force-pushed the fix/uri-lexbor-static-windows branch from da128c4 to 5521f86 Compare May 28, 2026 16:35
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Please limit LEXBOR_STATIC to CFLAGS_URI instead of defining it globally.

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TimWolla commented May 28, 2026

Please limit LEXBOR_STATIC to CFLAGS_URI instead of defining it globally.

ext/lexbor is always statically built into PHP and is intended to be reusable across different extensions (e.g. ext/uri, ext/dom). Should the define actually be limited to CFLAGS_URI then?

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shivammathur commented May 28, 2026

@TimWolla Yes, that is correct, my concern is in case dom is built as a shared extension (See GH-21911), ext/dom/config.w32 does not set LEXBOR_STATIC and this would set it.

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