PHP5 Visual Studio. WTF php5nts_debug.lib ???

I got this error when I tried to compile:

Error 58 fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'php5nts_debug.lib' php5 php5

So as usual I did a search on Google. WTF no hits about this file. I did a search on Yahoo and got about 9 hits. None of them in an article or help. They where all in the older Visual Studio .dsp file. It is like they put it there just to make it harder to compile PHP5 on windows.

There is just no information of what the file does and why it is in linker input additional dependencies. My approach is just to remove it and go from there.

Has anyone any information about the file and why it is there.
I would be really happy to know about it.

Grateful for your comment.

Try this: Error 58 fatal error LNK1104 - Google-sökning

You need to set php5nts_debug.lib as a dependency is VS. Assuming you already have the directory for the file you can either do that #pragma thing... you guys know what Im talking about ;l... or just go in your project properties > Configuration > Linker > Additional Dependencies > and add that file name.

You mean:
#pragma comment(lib, "php5nts_debug.lib")?

The funny thing with php5nts_debug.lib is that I don't have the file in the php source.
I have both php source 5.2.13 and 5.3.2 and it doesn't exist.
I even did a find all files with the string php5nts_debug.lib (inlcluding binary files). And yes I know about the built in finder in Windows bug so I use another program Super Finder XT which works better and is faster. There is no documentation of the file anywhere in google and of course my computer.

I would bet that php5 developers doesn't have a strict guide line of keeping the source clean from debug tests and I would bet that this file doesn't really belong there.
What do you think?

PHP5 Visual Studio. WTF php5nts_debug.lib ???

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