ID: 42613 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: patrick at baynewmedia dot com Status: Assigned Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista PHP Version: 5.2.4 Assigned To: jmertic New Comment:
The default installer will not install any additional extensions other than those which PHP is compiled with on Windows, which are: bcmath calendar com_dotnet ctype date dom filter ftp hash iconv json libxml odbc pcre Reflection session SimpleXML SPL standard tokenizer wddx xml xmlreader xmlwriter zlib For MySQL development, you'll want to also enable mysqli ( or mysql if you are working with MySQL 4.0 or lesser ). Otherwise, nothing else should need enabled. I would recommend uninstalling PHP, removing the php.ini file left in the directory, and reinstalling only adding the extension you need. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-29 14:55:42] patrick at baynewmedia dot com [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm trying really hard to be civil here. I really can't explain why you keep reiterating the same things over and over again when I have very specifically gone into great detail to explain what's going on. a) This is an issue both on Windows Vista *AND* Windows XP. I have tried it on XP Home Edition, Professional, and the Entertainment edition (whatever that's called). All three fail in exactly the same way. Again, I'll refer you to the very first paragraph of the bug report...just scroll all the way up and read it: "This was done on a NEW install of Windows XP Pro as well as Vista." b) You keep going on about installing extensions that I need only. This is the fourth time I'm asking....what extensions do I need?!? I want to run MySQL but there is NO...I repeat...NO...documentation on extensions that I should be excluding or including. I can infer, partially, the extensions I may or may not need. Some are more obvious than others. If it's a matter of choosing the default installation extensions, well, they're ALL ENABLED BY DEFAULT! When I install, I hit "next", "next", "next", "finish". I never choose the extensions, I don't even look at the file list. So again...which ones do I need, and if I don't need them all, why are they all enabled by default in the Windows installer? I'm really beyond baffled here. I mean, I don't want to be insulting but I'm on the cusp of hurling out some rather harsh obscenities. I keep asking the same questions...I keep getting the same responses that fail to address any of the questions. Please...read again, I mean really READ, and then respond. This is bordering on ludicrous now :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-29 12:01:36] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand your concern about the problems you've had with the installer. However, since I am not seeing you issue when using WinXP or Win2003 ( I unfortuantely don't have a Vista machine to test on, though others who have have reported back successful results on the whole ). In reading your very descriptive post, the most likely scenerio you are encountering comes down to two issues. - Updating the PATH environment variable and the extension_dir directive in the php.ini file, which the installer handles properly setting for you. - Installing extensions you don't need and/or don't have the supporting libraries for. This is why I recommend to only install the supporting libraries you need; many require third party libraries that we do not ship with the installer for various reasons. Thank you again for using the PHP Windows Installer and I hope to hear feedback from you after trying the above things. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-24 16:12:47] patrick at baynewmedia dot com "Please reinstall with ONLY the extensions you need." I wasn't going to write another follow-up but...are you [EMAIL PROTECTED] KIDDING ME?!? What extensions do I need? How about you tell me! What the hell have I been asking since day one?!? You guys are absolutely brutal. You keep going around like a broken record; you keep saying the same things and when you can't get to the bottom of the issue, you hand it off to someone else and they do...EXACTLY THE SAME THING! I'm truly lost for words. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-24 16:01:24] patrick at baynewmedia dot com [EMAIL PROTECTED]: *sigh* Do you really want me to repeat everything ANOTHER time? Did you bother to read any of the posts I made in this thread? Your "advice" indicates you just skipped everything. I'm not doing this again...scroll up this page to the top, and read. If you can't be bothered, please hand this over to someone who cares. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-24 11:52:57] [EMAIL PROTECTED] A few things: - You shouldn't need to set any PATH environment variables; the installer does this for you. - Likewise, you should not need to tweak anything else in the php.ini file, unless you have some advanced directive that needs set. The installer takes care of all typical things, including the extension_dir setting. - Please reinstall with ONLY the extensions you need. It sounds like a combination of tweaking things that don't need tweaked and trying to install everything by default is the culprit here. Let me know if redoing the install with the above advice helps things out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/42613 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42613&edit=1