#35018 [Opn->Csd]: Restart required after changing PATH

ID: 35018 Updated by: nlopess@php.net Reported By: mike at zappmobile dot ro -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2 PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. I'll also try to add the FAQ to the install.txt file. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-29 11:45:52] mike at zappmobile dot ro 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35018&edit=1