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:
Make sure that you enabled the mysqli extension ( or mysql if you are connecting to a pre-4.1 server ) in the installation. I have done this myself and libmysql.dll shows up in the installation directory. You also don't need to add anything to the php.ini; the installer enables the extension automatically. Furthermore, the line you added was incorrect; it should have been: extension=php_mysqli.dll -or- extension=php_mysql.dll Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-11-02 18:22:10] patrick at baynewmedia dot com Okay, so I've cleaned up the php installation on my computer. I did a full search through my entire system for the existence of "php.ini" just to ensure that nothing was being left behind. I downloaded the Windows installer from http://ca3.php.net/get/php-5.2.4-win32-installer.msi/from/ca.php.net/mirror and installed it. The default installation has all extensions disabled. Maybe, I think, I'm being an idiot or losing my mind, so I pull up a previous package I'd downloaded of 5.2.4. In that one, extensions are all enabled! Is it possible that some mirrors are getting different info? I'm using the Canadian one above and that's where I download all my ZIPs/Installers from. But whatever, looks okay, and now it mimics the torn-down installation I had previously where I disabled all the "bad" DLLs. However, the libmysql.dll file is nowhere to be found so...I grabbed the ZIP package from http://ca3.php.net/get/php-5.2.4-Win32.zip/from/ca.php.net/mirror copied it (the DLL) to the installation directory I added the extension directive in the php.ini file: extension=php_libmysql.dll (the extension_dir is still "./" -- the default value). Restart my web server (just to be sure)...and...nothing. "libmysql" (or anything mentioning mysql) appears nowhere on the phpinfo page. I checked my MySQL installation...ran the administration tool and it's up and running. Maybe, I'm thinking, it's because I'm running it on a 64-bit system so (drivers being not quite up to speed yet), I download the 32-bit version so everything runs virtualized. The 64-bit version gone and the 32-bit version running, I try it again. Result: no change. The libmysql.dll file is doing nothing. No go. Step 2: Re-install with MySQL (mysqli to be exact-for MySQL 5.0) support enabled. The INI file is exactly the same as when I updated it by hand (extension=php_mysqli.dll). The extension now shows up in the list (so...why was my INI file not being read...even if there was an error, wouldn't this have been mentioned?). I run my simple PHP script to connect to the database and it chucks out an error saying that the MySQL extension isn't loaded. Okay...re-install with *both* mysql and mysqli enabled. Great. Now it's asking me for the multibyte string extension. I add it to the PHP INI file from my ZIP and, *sigh*, not there. Well, this is light years ahead of where I was a month ago so I have to say thanks for at least getting me this far. I was really going to give up. But you can see how I'm slowly sliding down the same slope again. The PHP.INI file, for some reason, is not being recognized. Or at least, the changes I added are not being read. The MySQLi extension for MySQL5 does not appear to be the only one required (not sure if it's needed at all...or what the reason behind this is). The thing that keeps bothering me is that I've done this many times before. These extensions, at least, I'm familiar with and have updated many times. So when I started running into these problems with the current installer, it made me call into question what core changes have been made. I've always had all extensions enabled, and just assumed everything I would ever need would be there (including any MySQL stuff)...and it was! It seems now that installations must be exclusive, rather than inclusive (okay, as long as everyone understands that), and the problem with the INI file is really beyond me. So...I'm closer...but still can't get MySQL running fully. I suppose I could disable Multibyte String support but I would prefer not to as I'm using it in some of my sequel statements. Being able to load it would likely solve the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-11-02 17:13:23] patrick at baynewmedia dot com Okay. I will try this and get back to you. However, I have re-installed PHP about 20 times now and the result has been the same so I'm not overly optimistic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-11-01 16:10:09] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
