#35018 [NEW]: Restart required after changing PATH

From: mike at zappmobile dot ro Operating system: Windows XP Professional SP2 PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Restart required after changing PATH Description: ------------ Restarting Windows is not mentioned in the Windows documentation (install.txt). I'm aware it's mentioned in the instalation FAQ, but I think it should be included in the main documentation, because the FAQ is not included in the php-5.0.5-Win32.zip file, and is only available online. I'm using Apache 2.0.55 running as a service, php 5.0.5 installed as a module, and the mysql module refused to load until reboot, because it didn't find libmysql.dll. However, the error popup said "unable to load dynamic library php_mysql.dll", so I lost about an hour making various changes the "extension_dir = " option. In the last 4 years, I probably installed PHP on windows/apache 10 times. Each time, I followed the documentation to the letter, and ran into this issue. Each time it didn't work, and I had to copy all the dll files to system32 to make it work. This is highly annoying, because there are two points where you can get stuck: 1. Determine the real DLL that cannot be found; 2. Determine why it can't be found; Even if you read the installation FAQ, it's not obivious what the problem is, because the section "14. How do I add my PHP directory to the PATH on Windows?" seems unrelated to the problem. The users will think "I did set my PATH, why would I need to read that section of the FAQ"? My problem is very similar to #32625, but that bug is marked as closed, and I do not agree to that resolution. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35018&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35018&r=mysqlcfg