Bug #13188 Updated: Unable to load dynamic library php_interbase.dll
ID: 13188
User updated by: humano@bigfoot.com
Reported By: humano@bigfoot.com
Old Status: Feedback
Status: Open
Bug Type: InterBase related
Operating System: Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
PHP Version: 4.0.6
New Comment:
It was that, Jani! I copied all the DLLs from the \php\dlls directory to c:\winnt\system32 and it
worked.
The problem is that the "Install.txt" isn't clear about the need to do this. It just
says:
«Some DLLs are required for some PHP extensions. Please copy them to
your to your windows/system (Win9.x) or winnt/system32 (WinNT, Win2000)
directory. If you already have these DLLs installed on your system,
overwrite them only if something is not working correctly.
Before overwriting them, it is a good idea to back them or move them to
another folder - just in case something goes wrong.»
But I think it should mention, like the manual web page does, that for some extensions to work the
DLLs needed are in the \php\dlls directory. Most people look at the "Install.txt" for
installation instructions. I never imagined that the installation instruction in the php web site
would contain vital information that the "Install.txt" didn't have.
Previous Comments:
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[2001-09-06 19:46:43] sniper@php.net
Perhaps this manual page would give some help:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/install-windows.php#install.windows.extensions
ie. You propably haven't copied the needed dll file
from dlls folder in the distribution package to the
system32 folder..
--Jani
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[2001-09-06 19:41:21] humano@bigfoot.com
This bug has been reported before but due to lack of feedback the developers seem to have decided to
close it. But the bug remains.
After uncommenting the "extension=php_interbase.dll" line in php.ini, php shows the
following error in a dialog box:
Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\php\extensions\php_interbase.dll'
This happens:
- To php_interbase.dll but not with php_imap.dll and others.
- No matter PHP is running as CGI or ISAPI module
- A user (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-db&m=97812982300192&w=2) has reported
success by putting PHP_INTERBASE.DLL in the SYSTEM32 folder. But I haven't.
- I've seen it happen in four computers: two of them running Win2000 Server and the other two
running Win2000 Professional.
What is strange about this bug is that I've installed PHP with this module in my computer once
in the past and it worked...
This bug has compromised the use of PHP in one of my company's project. Who knows how many
PHP+Interbase projects have been aborted because of this bug?
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