Extension Can't Be Found But Why?

[SMH]

Template Document Processor: PHP 5.1.6
Server: Apache httpd 2.0.55 (Win32)
Database Server: MySQL 5.0.26-community for Win32
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2

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I just installed PHP and MySQL on my laptop for development purposes.

The following directives are set in php.ini (Windows config file):

extension=php_mysqli.dll
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext\"

No other extension is set (for the time being).

The Visible Problem:

When Apache is (re)started, the following error alert appears:

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library
'c:\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll' - The specified
module could not be found.

The following is true:

1. PHP was installed in the path "c:\php" in Windows
2. I virtually copied and pasted the "c:\php\ext" into the
extension_dir directive within php.ini
3. There is a file 'php_mysqli.dll' within the 'ext' subdirectory
also copied and pasted to avoid keyboard entry errors
4. I comment out the 'extension=php_mysqli.dll' and
set another extension (=php_tidy.dll) that exists and there is
no alert when Apache is re-started.
5. The MySQL daemon (service) is running during all of this.

Items 1-4 make what I am seeing appear odd and frustrating to me.

What am I missing?

[Andy Hassall]

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:52:44 GMT, SMH <sm*@munged.address.comwrote:

>Template Document Processor: PHP 5.1.6
Server: Apache httpd 2.0.55 (Win32)
Database Server: MySQL 5.0.26-community for Win32
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2

=======

I just installed PHP and MySQL on my laptop for development purposes.

The following directives are set in php.ini (Windows config file):

extension=php_mysqli.dll
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext\"

No other extension is set (for the time being).

The Visible Problem:

When Apache is (re)started, the following error alert appears:

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library
'c:\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll' - The specified
module could not be found.

This may not actually refer directly to the extension DLL - it could be the
extension DLL in turn attempting to load the MySQL client DLL.

Is the MySQL bin directory on the PATH (as seen from the Apache server
process) so it can load libmysql.dll?

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[SMH]

Andy Hassall <an**@andyh.co.ukwrote in alt.php:

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:52:44 GMT, SMH <sm*@munged.address.comwrote:

>>Template Document Processor: PHP 5.1.6
Server: Apache httpd 2.0.55 (Win32)
Database Server: MySQL 5.0.26-community for Win32
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2

=======

I just installed PHP and MySQL on my laptop for development purposes.

The following directives are set in php.ini (Windows config file):

extension=php_mysqli.dll
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext\"

No other extension is set (for the time being).

The Visible Problem:

When Apache is (re)started, the following error alert appears:

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library
'c:\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll' - The specified
module could not be found.

This may not actually refer directly to the extension DLL - it could
be the
extension DLL in turn attempting to load the MySQL client DLL.

Is the MySQL bin directory on the PATH (as seen from the Apache
server
process) so it can load libmysql.dll?

I have copied the path below
(Start->My Computer->Properties->Environment Variables->
select Path->click Edit->copy from there & paste here):

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\MassLynx\;
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin;C:\PHP
Also, the environment variable 'PHPRC' is set to "C:\PHP" and the user
environment variable has 'PATH' with value 'C:\PHP'
Why would PHP want to link with libmysql.dll? Is it an API for processes
wanting to interact with the MySQL daemon/server?

[Jerry Stuckle]

SMH wrote:

Andy Hassall <an**@andyh.co.ukwrote in alt.php:

>>On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:52:44 GMT, SMH <sm*@munged.address.comwrote:

>>>Template Document Processor: PHP 5.1.6
Server: Apache httpd 2.0.55 (Win32)
Database Server: MySQL 5.0.26-community for Win32
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2

=======

I just installed PHP and MySQL on my laptop for development purposes.

The following directives are set in php.ini (Windows config file):

extension=php_mysqli.dll
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext\"

No other extension is set (for the time being).

The Visible Problem:

When Apache is (re)started, the following error alert appears:

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library
'c:\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll' - The specified
module could not be found.

This may not actually refer directly to the extension DLL - it could
be the
extension DLL in turn attempting to load the MySQL client DLL.

Is the MySQL bin directory on the PATH (as seen from the Apache
server
process) so it can load libmysql.dll?

I have copied the path below
(Start->My Computer->Properties->Environment Variables->
select Path->click Edit->copy from there & paste here):

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\MassLynx\;
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin;C:\PHP
Also, the environment variable 'PHPRC' is set to "C:\PHP" and the user
environment variable has 'PATH' with value 'C:\PHP'
Why would PHP want to link with libmysql.dll? Is it an API for processes
wanting to interact with the MySQL daemon/server?

???

Maybe because you told it to load the mysqli extension? And just maybe
that extension, since it calls mysql, needs access to the mysql libraries?

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