#50268 [NEW]: PHP doesn't start: ntwdblib.dll not found

From: ben dot arnold dot spam at hotmail dot com Operating system: Windows Vista PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Windows Installer Bug description: PHP doesn't start: ntwdblib.dll not found Description: ------------ I am running Apache 2.2.14. I do not have a database installed. What I did: 1. Downloaded latest version of PHP (php-5.3.1-Win32-VC6-x86.msi) 2. Ran the installer using default values except: * Web server: Apache 2.2.x Module * Apache configuration directory: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\ 3. Tried to start Apache. 4. Tried to run PHP by entering "php" in a command window. What happened: 1. Apache failed to start. A dialogue box says "The requested operation has failed" and Windows error reporting kicked in. There is no error in Apache's error.log. 2. When I tried to start php I get an error dialogue box titled "php.exe - Unable To Locate Component". The text of the box is: This application has failed to start because ntwdblib.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. What I expected to happen: 1. I expected that Apache would start with PHP loaded as a module. I expected to be able to put a php file in my htdocs directory and that I could get it to display a Hello World message when I requested it through Apache. 2. I expected PHP to display usage information when run from the commandline. I have tried uninstalling PHP, downloading the installer again and reinstalling but I have the same problem. When I uninstall PHP Apache works normally again. I have Googled this error message and seen various people report that it is connected to a database misconfiguration. I currently do not have a database installed and have done nothing to configure one in PHP. All my configuration steps are listed above. I am unable to "copy ntwdblib.dll from MSSQL 2000" as suggested in bug #38849 because I do not have MSSQL installed. In any case that bug looks like it is related to a different problem (I am not trying to connect to a database I am just trying to launch PHP). -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50268&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50268&r=mysqlcfg