Bug #78086 [Asn]: Curl silently fails to load under mod_php

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78086&edit=1 ID: 78086 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: alvaro at demogracia dot com Summary: Curl silently fails to load under mod_php Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: Apache2 related Operating System: Windows 10 PHP Version: 7.3.5 Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Apache (actually Windows) won't try to load libssh2 from the PHP directory because that's not where it knows to look: it checks the location of the executable, system directories, and the system or user PATH depending how the application is being run. And I don't know if a symlink will work, assuming it's in one of those locations of course. Put libssh2 in the Apache directory, in System32, or add PHP to the system PATH and restart. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-05-30 16:39:43] cmb@php.net Also check that there's no "wrong" DLL loaded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-05-30 08:51:49] alvaro at demogracia dot com Yes, I have. I'm actually using a symlink (mklink command) so the path never changes, I hope that's not an issue. According to Process Monitor, "httpd.exe" is trying to load "libssh2.dll" from all sort of locations except PHP directory: - Apache's base and "bin" directory - C:\Windows\System32\libssh2.dll - C:\Windows\System\libssh2.dll - C:\Windows\libssh2.dll - Graphics Magick directory - Oracle Instant Client directory - C:\Srv\PHP\PEAR\libssh2.dll ... so it's obviously not taking PHP folder into consideration. It's weird because this same set-up works fine for 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2. I'll check everything again *sigh* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-05-30 08:27:57] cmb@php.net Likely the dependent DLLs (such as libssh2.dll) can't be found. Did you add the PHP folder to your PATH[1]? [1] <https://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.installation.php> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-05-30 08:08:34] alvaro at demogracia dot com My excuses, I hadn't found the correct log file. I'm getting: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl' (tried: ext\\curl (No se puede encontrar el m\xef\xbf\xbddulo especificado.), ext\\php_curl.dll (No se encontr\xef\xbf\xbd el proceso especificado.)) in Unknown on line 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-05-30 08:01:07] alvaro at demogracia dot com Description: ------------ Not sure if there's a problem with the Windows builds but I'm using php-7.3.5-Win32-VC15-x64 under Windows 10 and the Curl extension doesn't load at all when running PHP via Apache. It works fine in command-line but not when running as module for Apache/2.4.29 (Win64) with the same php.ini file, which is essentially identical to the one I was using successfully in php-7.3.0-Win32-VC15-x64. I'm not getting error messages of any kind but the extension doesn't show up in phpinfo() and it isn't avaible. Test script: --------------- var_dump(PHP_VERSION, defined('CURLOPT_HEADER'), function_exists('curl_setopt')); Expected result: ---------------- In command-line it prints: string(5) "7.3.5" bool(true) bool(true) Actual result: -------------- In Apache it prints: string(5) "7.3.5" bool(false) bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78086&edit=1