I have no experience with PHP5 so far but this subject was asked before often enough with PHP4 - so the advice should still be valid...
I generally didn't put any files in the %SYSTEMROOT% folder (which usually translates to C:\WINDOWS on a default installed WinXP machine) but instead I put the php.ini and php4ts.dll into the apache respectively apache2/bin folder and modified the php.ini to point to the dlls. works like a charm for me. With all the stuff related to the local webserver put into 'c:\webroot' those entries in php.ini are: include_path = ".;c:\webroot\php4\dlls\;c:\webroot\php4\pear" extension_dir = "c:\webroot\php4\extensions" ... you get the idea. HTH Richard On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:31:43 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mathieu Dumoulin) 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
