Re: 4.0.6 mssql.dll Extension load failure

> We have PHP installed as an ISAP module on our W2K IIS5 server and > its operational with no problems - phpinfo() runs just fine. > > But - When I uncomment the php_mssql.dll extension in php.ini I get an error > when PHP starts up saying it cannot find the .dll file. > > The extension directory is correctly set to, c:\php\extensions > and the actual file itself is in that directory as wells as > c:\winnt\system32 and MSSQL client libraries are loaded and operational. > > Cant think of anything else I need to do - does the .dll file need > be registered with regsrvr or something ?? > > Can anybody give me some pointers please ? Mike, I had to wrestle with this one - it's like a barrel-full of monkeys. Eventually I noticed that sometimes you can get away with using Windows \s and sometimes you have to use Unix /s - and what was happening was that some path strings were ending up with some \s and some /s and (predictably enough) not working! My eventual 'solution' cannot decide which way things should go - sometimes to the left, and sometimes to the right! Oh and yes, watch out for that last line - I'm using Apache so it doesn't apply. I did run PHP under Win2000/IIS but can't recall/reach the setting right now. Hope it helps, =dn ---------- ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Paths and Directories ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; UNIX: "/path1:/path2" ;include_path = ".:/php/includes" ; ; Windows: "\path1;\path2" include_path = "c:\data\webs\includes" ;include_path = ".;c:\progra~1\php\includes" ; The root of the PHP pages, used only if nonempty. ;doc_root = "c:\data\webs" ; The directory under which PHP opens the script using /~usernamem used only ; if nonempty. user_dir = "c:\data\webs" ; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside. ;extension_dir = ./ extension_dir = C:/program files/php/extensions ;include_path = ".;c:\progra~1\php\includes" ; Whether or not to enable the dl() function. The dl() function does NOT work ; properly in multithreaded servers, such as IIS or Zeus, and is automatically ; disabled on them. enable_dl = On ----------