ID: 12594
Comment by: derek at netsimple dot net
Reported By: huib at bestia dot net
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Dynamic loading
Operating System: Windows 2000
PHP Version: 4.0.6
New Comment:
This is a joke!
With many PHP users reporting the same problem - php.ini settings are
not enough to get dynamic dll's to load, this should be accepted as a
bug.
If the resolution is to amend the documentation, then so be it. I
suspect that the resolution is something more complex though - i.e.
there's a problem in the application
Previous Comments:
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[2004-08-10 23:58:22] mofoq at clan-ae dot com
It's not an RTFM issue if the FM gives the wrong answer.
It's not the SYSTEM32 folder but %SYSTEMROOT% (C:\WINDOWS, C:\WINNT,
etc.)
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[2004-07-30 08:21:53] norm at whocares dot net
I was also having the same issue on WinXP loading the php_mssql.dll and
placing ntwdblib.dll in my extension_dir as well as my %SYSTEMROOT%
solved the issue. Thanks for all the help!
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[2004-07-29 19:56:49] destes at ix dot netcom dot com
I had a similar problem with php_mssql.dll . Turns out the key was to
copy the bundled DLL (ntwdblib.dll) to my extension_dir as well as my
%SYSTEMROOT%, and i no longer got those notices. I expect that if I
have to load any additional extensions that have bundled DLLs, i'll
need to copy them all over god's green earth as well.
As for the "RTFM" folks, I can see this being properly reported as a
bug, because the error description should indicate that it's missing a
necessary bundled DLL - not just say "unable to load library". I mean,
honestly, the function that claims it's failing is called Unknown(), how
much more bug-like can you get? How about CTFM, Clarify the Fing
Messages?
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[2004-01-07 04:40:08] anon at hotmail dot com
Read the FM and several other postings and it still didn't work - no
matter what is in PHP.ini. Finally found that if you put php_mssql.dll
in winnt\system32 it works fine.
Lucky there's a few people who aren't condescending out there.
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[2003-03-17 02:03:49] cg at gordimer dot net
>From www.php.net/install.windows:
Some of these extensions need extra DLLs to work. Couple of them can be
found in the distribution package [...]
Copy the bundled DLLs from 'DLLs' folder to your Windows PATH [...]
>From www.php.net/xslt:
Note to Win32 Users: In order to enable this module on a Windows
environment, you must copy sablot.dll from the DLL folder of the
PHP/Win32 binary package to the SYSTEM32 folder of your windows
machine.
So - RTFM...
Christoph
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