Re: 4.0.6 mssql.dll Extension load failure

Finally realised what was wrong - You need to manually copy ALL the SQL Server client network files from the sqlServer box into the system32 directory on the PHP/IIS server box. - then magically the module loads and works - Using a regular SQL client install some of the files tha PHP needs dont get installed. This was NOT straightforward to fix. On researching this problem - there are lots and lots of people who have had this error - how do we get the fix posted to an FAQ for php/IIS/SQLServer configs ? Thanks to all those who helped out on this. Rgds Mike "Dl Neil" <PHPml@DandE.HomeChoice.co.uk> wrote in message news:0f9701c162f7$f7170650$a516100a@jrbrown... > Mike, > > > 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. > > I found that PHP was adding the slash between the dir name and the extension's filename, and that caused a > problem such as you have described - so did adding a slash as the final character. Here is the code that works > on my WinNT4.0/Apache set up (watch the dir diff): > > extension_dir = C:/program files/php/extensions > > > Cant think of anything else I need to do - does the .dll file need > > be registered with regsrvr or something ?? > > =no > > > Can anybody give me some pointers please this problem is driving me nuts - > > I even tried reversing the slashes to the UNIX way ! > > =um, don't like the sound of that... > =dn > >