diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
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+# general configuration
+version: '{branch}.{build}'
+
+# environment configuration
+image: Visual Studio 2017
+clone_folder: C:\projects\php_simple_kafka_client
+environment:
+  BIN_SDK_VER: 2.2.0
+  DEP: librdkafka-1.5.3
+  matrix:
+    - PHP_VER: 7.3
+      TS: 0
+      VC: vc15
+      ARCH: x64
+      OPCACHE: 0
+    - PHP_VER: 7.3
+      TS: 1
+      VC: vc15
+      ARCH: x64
+      OPCACHE: 1
+    - PHP_VER: 7.4
+      TS: 0
+      VC: vc15
+      ARCH: x64
+      OPCACHE: 0
+    - PHP_VER: 7.4
+      TS: 1
+      VC: vc15
+      ARCH: x64
+      OPCACHE: 1
+    - PHP_VER: 8.0
+      TS: 0
+      VC: vs16
+      ARCH: x64
+      OPCACHE: 0
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
+    - PHP_VER: 8.0
+      TS: 1
+      VC: vs16
+      ARCH: x64
+      OPCACHE: 1
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
+cache:
+  - C:\build-cache -> .appveyor.yml, .appveyor\install.ps1
+install:
+  - ps: .appveyor\install.ps1
+
+# build configuration
+build_script:
+  - ps: .appveyor\build.ps1
+
+after_build:
+  - ps: .appveyor\package.ps1
diff --git a/.appveyor/build.ps1 b/.appveyor/build.ps1
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+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+Set-Location 'C:\projects\php_simple_kafka_client'
+
+$task = New-Item 'task.bat' -Force
+Add-Content $task "call phpize 2>&1"
+Add-Content $task "call configure --with-php-build=C:\build-cache\deps --with-simple-kafka-client --enable-debug-pack 2>&1"
+Add-Content $task "nmake /nologo 2>&1"
+Add-Content $task "exit %errorlevel%"
+& "C:\build-cache\php-sdk-$env:BIN_SDK_VER\phpsdk-$env:VC-$env:ARCH.bat" -t $task
+if (-not $?) {
+    throw "build failed with errorlevel $LastExitCode"
+}
diff --git a/.appveyor/install.ps1 b/.appveyor/install.ps1
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+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+if (-not (Test-Path 'C:\build-cache')) {
+    [void](New-Item 'C:\build-cache' -ItemType 'directory')
+}
+
+$bname = "php-sdk-$env:BIN_SDK_VER.zip"
+if (-not (Test-Path "C:\build-cache\$bname")) {
+    Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/Microsoft/php-sdk-binary-tools/archive/$bname" -OutFile "C:\build-cache\$bname"
+}
+$dname0 = "php-sdk-binary-tools-php-sdk-$env:BIN_SDK_VER"
+$dname1 = "php-sdk-$env:BIN_SDK_VER"
+if (-not (Test-Path "C:\build-cache\$dname1")) {
+    Expand-Archive "C:\build-cache\$bname" 'C:\build-cache'
+    Move-Item "C:\build-cache\$dname0" "C:\build-cache\$dname1"
+}
+
+$gareleases = Invoke-WebRequest "https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/releases.json" | ConvertFrom-Json
+$qareleases = Invoke-WebRequest "https://windows.php.net/downloads/qa/releases.json" | ConvertFrom-Json
+$garev = [regex]::split($gareleases.$env:PHP_VER.version, '[^\d]')[2]
+$qarev = [regex]::split($qareleases.$env:PHP_VER.version, '[^\d]')[2]
+if ($qarev -gt $garev) {
+    $phpversion = $qareleases.$env:PHP_VER.version
+    $phprelease = 'QA'
+} else {
+    $phpversion = $gareleases.$env:PHP_VER.version
+    $phprelease = 'GA'
+}
+
+$ts_part = ''
+if ($env:TS -eq '0') {
+    $ts_part += '-nts'
+}
+$bname = "php-devel-pack-$phpversion$ts_part-Win32-$env:VC-$env:ARCH.zip"
+if (-not (Test-Path "C:\build-cache\$bname")) {
+    if ($phprelease -eq "GA") {
+        Invoke-WebRequest "https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/$bname" -OutFile "C:\build-cache\$bname"
+    } else {
+        Invoke-WebRequest "https://windows.php.net/downloads/qa/$bname" -OutFile "C:\build-cache\$bname"
+    }
+}
+$dname0 = "php-$phpversion-devel-$env:VC-$env:ARCH"
+$dname1 = "php-$phpversion$ts_part-devel-$env:VC-$env:ARCH"
+if (-not (Test-Path "C:\build-cache\$dname1")) {
+    Expand-Archive "C:\build-cache\$bname" 'C:\build-cache'
+    if ($dname0 -ne $dname1) {
+        Move-Item "C:\build-cache\$dname0" "C:\build-cache\$dname1"
+    }
+}
+$env:PATH = "C:\build-cache\$dname1;$env:PATH"
+
+$bname = "php-$phpversion$ts_part-Win32-$env:VC-$env:ARCH.zip"
+if (-not (Test-Path "C:\build-cache\$bname")) {
+    if ($phprelease -eq "GA") {
+        Invoke-WebRequest "https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/$bname" -OutFile "C:\build-cache\$bname"
+    } else {
+        Invoke-WebRequest "https://windows.php.net/downloads/qa/$bname" -OutFile "C:\build-cache\$bname"
+    }
+}
+$dname = "php-$phpversion$ts_part-$env:VC-$env:ARCH"
+if (-not (Test-Path "C:\build-cache\$dname")) {
+    Expand-Archive "C:\build-cache\$bname" "C:\build-cache\$dname"
+}
+$env:PATH = "c:\build-cache\$dname;$env:PATH"
+
+$bname = "$env:DEP-$env:VC-$env:ARCH.zip"
+if (-not (Test-Path "C:\build-cache\$bname")) {
+    Invoke-WebRequest "http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/deps/$bname" -OutFile "C:\build-cache\$bname"
+    Expand-Archive "C:\build-cache\$bname" 'C:\build-cache\deps'
+    Copy-Item "C:\build-cache\deps\LICENSE" "C:\build-cache\deps\LICENSE.LIBRDKAFKA"
+}
diff --git a/.appveyor/package.ps1 b/.appveyor/package.ps1
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+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+if ($env:TS -eq '0') {
+    $ts_part = 'nts'
+} else {
+    $ts_part = 'ts';
+}
+
+if ($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG -eq "true") {
+    $bname = "php_simple_kafka_client-$env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME-$env:PHP_VER-$ts_part-$env:VC-$env:ARCH"
+} else {
+    $bname = "php_simple_kafka_client-$($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT.substring(0, 8))-$env:PHP_VER-$ts_part-$env:VC-$env:ARCH"
+}
+$zip_bname = "$bname.zip"
+
+$dir = 'C:\projects\php_simple_kafka_client\';
+if ($env:ARCH -eq 'x64') {
+    $dir += 'x64\'
+}
+$dir += 'Release'
+if ($env:TS -eq '1') {
+    $dir += '_TS'
+}
+
+$files = @(
+    "$dir\php_simple_kafka_client.dll",
+    "$dir\php_simple_kafka_client.pdb",
+    "C:\projects\php_simple_kafka_client\LICENSE",
+    "C:\projects\php_simple_kafka_client\README.md",
+    "C:\build-cache\deps\bin\librdkafka.dll",
+    "C:\build-cache\deps\bin\librdkafka.pdb",
+    "C:\build-cache\deps\LICENSE.LIBRDKAFKA"
+)
+Compress-Archive $files "C:\$zip_bname"
+Push-AppveyorArtifact "C:\$zip_bname"