How to redistribute VC9 libraries with PHP 5.3 windows binaries

Question

I am in a process of including the VC9 runtime libraries with PHP 5.3.6 windows binaries. This would avoid the end user to download vcredist_x86.exe and install it in every machine.

There is a folder PHP where php binaries are residing. So from which location can I get the VC9 libraries and where should I place it?

I had tried copying the folders from winsxs to my PHP folder, but it did not work.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Include the redist install package together with your installer.

You can perform a silent install of this package in your own installation script.