Bug #53149 [Bgs]: cURL extension crashes Apache server on start-up

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53149&edit=1 ID: 53149 Updated by: pajoye@php.net Reported by: Jondor at GMX dot net Summary: cURL extension crashes Apache server on start-up Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: cURL related Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: 5.3.3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Right, many people seems to have issue to correctly set their PATH or where to put DLLs. Not sure what we can do at this point. But there is no bug here. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-08 16:24:11] info at cybrax dot com Same problem on Win XP SP3, Apache 2.2 and PHP 5 CuRL will crash apache on startup, everything runs fine except when loading the curl extension. Also tried to create a backtrace, sadly failed, Visual Studio debugger reports the problem occures in php5ts.dll. Tried Both MSI and ZIP, According to google this is a problem that more people have. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-27 17:41:54] pajoye@php.net Not a bug in PHP > config error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-27 11:33:00] Jondor at GMX dot net I tried that already before submitting the original report. However, meanwhile I identified the cause of the problem. In my system's search path (%PATH% environment variable), the PHP directory was preceded by another directory which also included the libeay32.dll that the cURL extension depends on. Therefore it loaded that other version of libeay32.dll which apparently isn't compatible with this PHP build. Changing the search order fixed the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-26 17:47:27] pajoye@php.net Duplicated, you can try using the zip version please? Not the MSI. Simply replace the php_curl.dll ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-26 17:37:13] Jondor at GMX dot net Tried to generate the backtrace using the Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tools. Couldn't get it to work for the Apache2.2 service (instructions are for php.exe). I'm probably not savvy enough. Sorry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53149 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53149&edit=1