Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #6515 Updated: MSVCRT.DLL exists in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 but is the wrong version.

Just a note here, win2k is supposed to be able to utilize multiple dll's with the same name. They did this to help prevent dll versioning problems and to avoid older apps overwriting newer dll's when they install. As I understand it (haven't done it myself yet), you should be able to put the msvc dll's into the PHP directory. PHP will use those dll's, everything else (that doesn't have it's own copy) would use the system32 copy. They would both get loaded into seperate memory spaces. This should work so long as the php directory is not in the path (before the system32 directory). With NT4.0/win95/98, everything would use the copy of the first dll loaded into memory irregardless of version, thus causing problems if you have mutliple versions of the dll's. However, it is best to have the latest version in the system32 directory anyway. Bug Database wrote: > > ID: 6515 > Updated by: jmoore > Reported By: down@beer.com > Status: Feedback > Bug Type: Installation problem > Assigned To: > Comments: > > OK One or two ways you can try to do this. Firstly try to rename the dll then copy the new one > in. otherwise use a boot disk (Win 98/95) boot into dos and copy it accross while in DOS. This is > one of the major problems with dll's because they donot enable v er > sioning. I would strongly advise you to make a back up copy of your current dll incase somthing > else breaks. Did you upgrade to Win2k pro or was it a clean install as I did a clean install and > never had this problem with the DLL. Anyway, make a back up copy f > irst!!! > > James > > Previous Comments: > > [2000-09-03 12:40:05] jmoore@php.net > OK One or two ways you can try to do this. Firstly try to rename the dll then copy the new one > in. otherwise use a boot disk (Win 98/95) boot into dos and copy it accross while in DOS. This is > one of the major problems with dll's because they donot enable v er > sioning. I would strongly advise you to make a back up copy of your current dll incase somthing > else breaks. Did you upgrade to Win2k pro or was it a clean install as I did a clean install and > never had this problem with the DLL. Anyway, make a back up copy f > irst!!! > > James > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=6515 > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net