Bug #81205 [Opn]: GD extension does not load

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81205&edit=1 ID: 81205 User updated by: buschmann at nidsa dot net Reported by: buschmann at nidsa dot net Summary: GD extension does not load Status: Open Type: Bug Package: GD related Operating System: Windows Server 2019 64bit PHP Version: 8.1.0alpha2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I added the php distribution directory (N:\Apache\php8) to the systemwide PATH variable and restarted Apache service. GD now loads without problems in 8.1.alpha2 (seen in info.php) Thanks for showing this solution. To avoid this configuration change a final solution should detect the avif.dll automatically in the php distribution directory (or static linking). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-06-29 09:11:51] cmb@php.net > There has been the change between 8.1 alpha1 and alpha2 8.1.0alpha2 introduced AVIF support, and currently avif.dll is built as dynamic library. There is a PR to build it statically[1], and this is likely to be merged, and then there will be no more avif.dll. But for now, you need to put avif.dll in the PATH. [1] <https://github.com/winlibs/libavif/pull/2> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-06-28 19:51:54] buschmann at nidsa dot net avif.dll is in the php8 directory (where php.exe exists) It is the unmodified extraction from the zip from the php website. This php extraction directory is not declared in the path variable (like many years now) There has been the change between 8.1 alpha1 and alpha2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-06-28 14:47:19] cmb@php.net Make sure that avif.dll is in the PATH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-06-28 14:44:47] buschmann at nidsa dot net Description: ------------ When using our longtime php.ini file (unchanged) for 8.1alpha2 testing, The GD module fails to load with 2 identical error messages in the log file: [28-Jun-2021 14:25:14 UTC] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'gd' (tried: N:\Apache\php8\ext\gd (Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden), N:\Apache\php8\ext\php_gd.dll (Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden)) in Unknown on line 0 [28-Jun-2021 14:25:14 UTC] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'gd' (tried: N:\Apache\php8\ext\gd (Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden), N:\Apache\php8\ext\php_gd.dll (Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden)) in Unknown on line 0 This means in english, that the specified module could not be found. A check in the ext directory shows the file php_gd.dll (Standard distribution thread safe 64bit for Windows from php website) This worked well in 8.1.alpha1 and 8.0 all versions. In the working cases GD section is shown in info.php Test script: --------------- below part of the running php.ini ... ; Windows Extensions ; Note that ODBC support is built in, so no dll is needed for it. ; Note that many DLL files are located in the extensions/ (PHP 4) ext/ (PHP 5) ; extension folders as well as the separate PECL DLL download (PHP 5). ; Be sure to appropriately set the extension_dir directive. ; ;extension=bz2 ;extension=curl ;extension=fileinfo extension=gd ;extension=gettext ;extension=gmp ;extension=intl ;extension=imap ;extension=interbase ;extension=ldap extension=mbstring extension=exif ; Must be after mbstring as it depends on it ; ; HB disabled mysql to test MySql_Functions wrapper tool ;extension=mysql ;extension=mysqli ;extension=oci8 ; Use with Oracle 10gR2 Instant Client ;extension=oci8_11g ; Use with Oracle 11gR2 Instant Client ;extension=openssl ;extension=pdo_firebird ;extension=pdo_mysql ;extension=pdo_oci ;extension=pdo_odbc ;extension=pdo_pgsql ;extension=pdo_sqlite extension=pgsql ;extension=pspell ;extension=shmop ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81205&edit=1