Ok, first of all: really, do use linux. It's not THAT bad for a home machine ;)
Now, the solution is quite simple as it is documented. Just copy the file 'libmysql.dll' to your %WINDIR% folder and all should work. If it doesn't, take libmysqli.dll as well. While you're at it, you might as well copy all .dll's from the footdir of the zippackage to your %WINDIR%, windows can't be hurt anymore than it already hurts and it'll save you some hassle next time you want to enable another extension. Cheers, Wouter On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:31:43 -0400, Mathieu Dumoulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Don't write to me telling me to use linux, i dont want to, this is my home > machine not a production server, thank you, now if you really want to help > keep on reading) > > I got a most recent copy of PHP 5.01 extracted into "C:\php" and everything > seems to be working fine as long as i dont ask to load extensions. Any > extension that i try to add will fail to load and i'm clueless. > > At first in the PHP.ini file this was the original directive: > > ; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside. > extension_dir = "./" > > And it would not work so i changed it to a hardcoded path > > ; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside. > extension_dir = "C:\php\ext" > > Still no extensions wont load. Whats the weirdest, all the DLLs are at the > correct location, apache reports: "PHP startup: Unable to load dynamic > library 'C:\php\ext\php_mysql.dll' - The specified module could not be > found." > > but it IS there, at the exact location, i even looked and compared both > paths manually letter by letter. Another weird thing to note is that some > extensions DO load while some don't, here is a list of the extensions that > i'm loading and which one fails (Note ALL extensions DLL are indeed in the > folder intended, they just dont load) > > extension=php_bz2.dll > extension=php_gd2.dll > extension=php_imap.dll > extension=php_mysql.dll <<< fails but it's vital to me > > these extensions are activated, only mysql fails, but there are other i > wanted earlier lemme see which ones: (These would be nice to have, i'll tell > you which one fails too) > > ;extension=php_exif.dll <<< fails > ;extension=php_ldap.dll <<< fails (The file really isnt there so it's not a > real problem) > ;extension=php_openssl.dll <<< fails > ;extension=php_pdf.dll > ;extension=php_pgsql.dll > ;extension=php_snmp.dll > ;extension=php_sockets.dll > ;extension=php_tidy.dll > ;extension=php_zip.dll > > All of these will load... Soooo I'm stuck there, i need help, tell me if you > need to know anything else. i'll be glad to give you info, i want to set > this up to further my PHP developement at home. We intensively use PHP4 at > work but i wanted to start working on PHP5 to see how good it is. > > Till then > See ya'll > TheInsaneCoder > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
