Bug #51299 [Com]: PHP defaults to C:\PHP5 folder when loading extension
Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51299&edit=1
ID: 51299
Comment by: mariusads at helpedia dot com
Reported by: mariusads at helpedia dot com
Summary: PHP defaults to C:\PHP5 folder when loading extension
Status: Bogus
Type: Bug
Package: *Configuration Issues
Operating System: Windows 2003 / Doesn't matter
PHP Version: 5.3.2
New Comment:
OK.
Fyi... the php_exif.dll problem I solved after a Google search.
Apparently, the solution is just to move the line with php_mbstring.dll
before the line with php_exif.
Previous Comments:
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[2010-03-14 22:46:39] pajoye@php.net
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[2010-03-14 22:40:31] mariusads at helpedia dot com
Description:
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I've reported this some time ago for another version of PHP.
Tried installing PHP 5.3.2 on Windows 2003.
Extracted contents to C:\PHP
Copied php.ini-development to C:\Windows\php.ini and remove the ";" from
some extensions
Rebooted Apache.
PHP pops error messages saying it can't load C:\PHP5\ext\php_mysql.dll
and so on.
"C:\php5" seems to be hardcoded in php5ts.dll, as "c:\php5\pear" is.
I believe this is wrong behavior.
First of all, PHP is configured to load PHP using this config. entry:
LoadModule php5_module "C:/php/php5apache2.dll"
Using File Monitor from SysInternals, I can see C:\php\php5ts.dll is
loaded next, and C:\Windows\php.ini is used.
In the php.ini the default text for both development AND production is
this:
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
; http://php.net/extension-dir
; extension_dir = "./"
; On windows:
; extension_dir = "ext"
As these are commented by default, I believe a regular user would assume
PHP would look for the extensions in [folder where php5ts.dll is] \ ext
or more precisely "C:\php\ext", or in the worst case "C:\php".
Nowhere in the documentation or in the ini file, there is any mention of
"c:\php5"
Of course, if I un-comment the setting and specify it as :
extension_dir = "ext"
php will report the following error:
PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'ext\php_bz2.dll" and so on,
so the default value is wrong.
I think the version ".\ext" should be accepted as "." signifies the
current folder - but it's not, the only accepted version is to write the
full path, "C:\php\ext"
Expected result:
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When the extension_dir is commented out (the default in php.ini), the
php library should look for the extensions in the EXT folder inside the
folder where the library resides. Not a hardcoded C:\PHP5.
On Windows, if there's no drive letter or network path at the start of
the value, it should be assumed it means a sub-folder in the folder
where the library resides.
As it is right now in the php.ini, if the value "ext" is there and
php5ts.dll resides in "C:\php" or for example "c:\program files\php",
php should look for extensions in "c:\php\ext" or "c:\program
files\php\ext"
Also this is probably unrelated or reported as another bug, but
php_exif.dll does not load, even if it's in c:\php\ext I don't know if
it depends on something.
Actual result:
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Extensions shouldn't be loaded from a hardcoded folder, as I already
said.
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