install PARADOX extension for PHP

I have an ApacheFriends XAMPP running on my windows machine and i am trying to access some Paradox database files directly from PHP.

I see that there is an extension for this but how can i install it for my windows system?

Solution

copy the extension's .dll to path\to\xampp\php\ext\
and a line similar to extension=php_paradox.dll in path\to\xampp\php\php.ini, where php_paradox.dll is the name of your extension's .dll file
configure your extension's parameters in path\to\xampp\php\php.ini, if any, per your extension's intructions
restart Apache

If you have pecl installed, pecl install paradox might fetch it on to your system. If not you must step though the ugly steps of extension compiling:

download php source code
copy the extension's source in path/php-src/ext/ dir
./configure --prefix=/where/to/install/php --enable-debug --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-cgi --enable-cli --with-mysql=/path/to/mysql --with-PARADOX=shared,PATH/TO/DIR
make, make install and you'll find the .dll in install/path/ext/ dir