ID: 39316 Comment by: noah dot rusnock at echo-digitaldesign dot com Reported By: aren at cambre dot biz Status: Open Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Windows Server 2003 PHP Version: 5.1.6 New Comment:
I just setup a Windows 2000 SP4 virtual machine using Microsoft VirturalPC 2007 beta. I used the exact same setup as I did for my Windows XP (non-virtual machine) Apache server with PHP and I am still unable to load any extensions. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-02 20:50:11] noah dot rusnock at echo-digitaldesign dot com I have been dealing with this problem for months! I am using Windows XP SP2 with Apache 2.0.59 and PHP 5.1.6. I think I have had this issue since 5.1.4 or 5.1.3; I don't remember. I am new to PHP and Apache, but setup my own localhost server earlier this year (2006) and have had this problem from the beginning. (I added a vote, but submitted it as a 3; should be a 5; I need this working to start learning MySQL) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-31 19:51:40] aren at cambre dot biz That did not fix it. I deleted everything in C:\php, including directories, except for php.ini. Then I copied over the contents of php5.2-win32-latest.zip and did an iisreset (a command line program that restarts the web server). By the way, it looks like php is checking a couple of additional directories besides those specified in the path. Here is my path (each directory on a separate line): %SystemRoot%\system32 %SystemRoot% %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem c:\Program Files\Intel\DMIX C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\ c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\ c:\php Here is what PHP checks: C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\php_mysql.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\php_mysql.dll C:\WINDOWS\system\php_mysql.dll C:\WINDOWS\php_mysql.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\php_mysql.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\php_mysql.dll C:\WINDOWS\php_mysql.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\php_mysql.dll C:\Program Files\Intel\DMIX\php_mysql.dll C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\php_mysql.dll C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\php_mysql.dll C:\php\php_mysql.dll PHP follows the path exactly starting with the 6th line. The first 5 lines are some unknown set of directories. PHP checks those directories twice in a row. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-31 11:32:17] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-31 04:49:18] aren at cambre dot biz Description: ------------ extension_dir (in php.ini) has no effect in Windows. I installed a relatively clean installation of PHP 5.1.6 on Windows 2003. I configured the extension_dir line in php.ini using all these forms: extension_dir = c:\PHP\ext extension_dir = c:\php\ext extension_dir = c:/PHP/ext extension_dir = "c:\php\ext" Regardless of the form used, php does not even attempt to search the c:\php\ext directory to find extensions. Reproduce code: --------------- 1. Install php 5.1.6 on a clean Windows system. Only configure what is necessary to get it running. Be sure to set extension_dir to your actual ext directory. (Preferably, c:\php\ext.) Do a hello world php to test functionality. 2. Uncomment this line in php.ini: extension=php_mysql.dll 3. Download the latest phpMyAdmin. Extract files and copy to a directory in your web server. 4. Get File Monitor from sysinternals (www.sysinternals.com). 5. Load File Monitor, and set its filter to php_mysql.dll. (This is so that it just reports on attempts to find php_mysql.dll and not hundreds of other filesystem hits.) 6. Start File Monitor so that it's catching filesystem hits. 7. Browse myPhpAdmin's index.php in a browser. You'll get an error saying that the mysql drivers cannot be used. 8. Go back to File Monitor. Notice how none of the directories searched were the directory specified in extension_dir. Installing mySql is optional. Its presence has no effect on the above problem. (Of course, if the system actually found php_mysql.dll, then it would be a problem if mySql was not installed!) Expected result: ---------------- phpMyAdmin should find the mySql extension, and File Monitor should confirm that php actually searches the c:\php\ext directory for the extensions. Actual result: -------------- Php searches all directories in the system path! extension_dir has no effect under Windows. You have to add c:\php AND c:\php\ext to the system path. I think this is likely an application bug because the documentation is quite clear on how extension_dir should be configured. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39316&edit=1
