RE: [PHP] "cannot load mysql extension" - PHP Installation on Vista/Apache

> -----Message d'origine----- > De : Rahul Sitaram Johari [mailto:sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com] > Envoyé : mercredi 14 mars 2007 16:48 > À : Tim; PHP > Objet : Re: [PHP] "cannot load mysql extension" - PHP > Installation on Vista/Apache > > Ave, > > Well good words there, I'm not gonna argue with you on that. > And as much as I have heard general windows users crib about > Vista's security features, I have heard same amount of praise > by more 'developers' genre of users about its' security features. > > Your second suggestion of learning your OS is something I'm > deeply dwelling into everyday since I installed Vista, and is > one strong reason I'm not willing to go back to XP just > because things work in XP. I'm finding the challenges in > Vista intriguing and a learning experience. I know, geuss i shouldn't be so hard on vista users, its still a young os.. > > I'm not sure which drive names you were referring to, but > coming from a Web Developing background, I certainly pay > utmost attention to naming conventions. 10 years ago I've > been there where simple HTML pages wouldn't pull up due to > Case mismatch, spaces or special characters. I can assure you > in my personal case with this "Cannot load mySQL extension", > folder/file names is not the issue. > > Security is a an issue I need to learn & understand further > in regards to Vista and may well be the cause of my problem. Have fun with the KB ;) i gave up ages ago.. But happy to hear you want to go further :) > And while I don't find much logic in Richard's solution No this is not a solution, it is a "fluke" it just happened to work, but the world is still not aware of WHY! The eternal all so important question !! > (I.e., copying the DLL), without trying, it would be too > premature to label it logical or illogical - because if it > does work, logic can be scrutinized. You right i "miss-worded" that (if you do search further the reason it works will most certainly BE logical), lets do this again: Copying a file over into a place that makes something work is not an answer, an answer is 'the .dll must be placed here for x reasons'. Which i "bet" will if you go further into the matter be because 'folder x doesnt have the same permissions as the original folder'. What i mean is: The more you search for the reasons, the more you will understand the workings, the less you will have to fix the problems ;) > All in all, good post there mate, and appreciate you sharing > your mind! Thanks, and I sincerely hope you get thing up and running like you need them, and don't forget to have fun getting their ;) Regards, Tim