From: prof_moriarty at veryfast dot biz Operating system: XP Home PHP version: 5.0.0RC1 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: unclear documentaiton pertaining to extensions
Description: ------------ Am still using 5.0RC2. :) The documentation on loading extensions isn't particularly clear. At least it's usually of little help when trying to load an extension on windows. Usually because the instructions for installing it on windows are mingled in with the instructions for compiling it. For example, a quote from the GD library installation page: " To enable GD-support configure PHP --with-gd[=DIR], where DIR is the GD base install directory. To use the recommended bundled version of the GD library (which was first bundled in PHP 4.3.0), use the configure option --with-gd. In Windows, you'll include the GD2 DLL php_gd2.dll as an extension in php.ini. The GD1 DLL php_gd.dll was removed in PHP 4.3.2. Also note that the preferred truecolor image functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(), require GD2. To enable exif support in Windows, php_mbstring.dll must be loaded prior to php_exif.dll in php.ini. To disable GD support in PHP 3 add --without-gd to your configure line. Enhance the capabilities of GD to handle more image formats by specifying the --with-XXXX configure switch to your PHP configure line. " It starts of compiling, then refers to getting it to work on windows. There should be some sort of discrimination between the two. Even a return character. Though preferably a heading. Also, it then goes on to talk about configure lines, but without stating whether those are for *nix, or win, or both. Sorry for griping, but some of these damned extensions have taken hours of my life away at various points in the past. :) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28171&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28171&r=float
