note 47518 modified in ref.mysql by sean

PROBLEM: Error Message: the specified module could not be found. When trying to load a php_mysql.dll / php_mysqli.dll / php_mssql.dll extension on a Windows platform. CAUSE: The standard windows installer package is rather incomplete; it does not include any of the DLL's needed for the optional extensions. In order to use any extension you need to install the FULL zip distribution (unless you like fooling around with dll hell), not just the php_*.dll extensions. You might as well include ALL of the DLL's since the dependencies as documented are wrong (i.e. you need more than libmysql.dll for the php_mysql.dll to load). I did find the standard windows installer useful for the inital setup though. --was-- PROBLEM: Error Message: the specified module could not be found. When trying to load a php_mysql.dll / php_mysqli.dll / php_mssql.dll extension on a Windows platform. CAUSE: The standard windows installer package is rather incomplete; it does not include any of the DLL's needed for the optional extensions. In order to use any extension you need to install the FULL zip distribution (unless you like fooling around with dll hell), not just the php_*.dll extensions. You might as well include ALL of the DLL's since the dependencies as documented are wrong (i.e. you need more than libmysql.dll for the php_mysql.dll to load). I did find the standard windows installer useful for the inital setup though. (thanks guys, I only wasted 6 hours on this problem). http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php