Re: 'Unable to load' extension dll if VS.net 2003 not installed

Hi, You are right, VS.net 2003 compiles all dlls against a newer version of C runtime (msvcrt7.dll). You can check this by running "depends php_devarticlesmod.dll" or double clicking on it on a machine that has VS.net installed. Edin "Ming-Chung Tang" <mtang@ydu.edu.tw> wrote in message news:000501c4d0a2$d053aac0$9f3ef3d2@CPQ27960315382... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tang, Ming-Chung [mailto:mtang@ydu.edu.tw] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:50 PM > To: 'php-general@lists.php.net' > Subject: 'Unable to load' extension dll if VS.net 2003 not installed > > Hi all, > > I followed the great intro ' > > <http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Cplusplus/Developing-Custom-PHP-Extensio > ns-Part-1/> Developing Custom PHP Extensions: Part 1' and successfully > built a php_devarticlesmod.dll on my winXP using VS.net 2003, and > everything works fine. > But when I try to use the built dll on another winXP computer (VS.net > 2003 is not installed) by directly copying the whole, same directories > from my winXP (including apache1331 and php436 & php436src, and > php.ini), I got the error message: 'Unable to load dynamic library > .php_devarticlesmod.dll'. Then I uncommented 'php_gd.dll and > php_ming.dll' in PHP.ini; the system can find them and both can be shown > in the page by using 'phpinfo();'. So it's not a problem of PATH since > they are all located in the same extension dir. > I also tried to copy all dll's in PHP related DIRs to c:\windows or > system, or system32 and tried to add PHP related DIRs to system PATH, > but still got the same error message. > Finally, I get another winXP computer with VS.net 2003 installed and try > again (without building the dll again), and it works this time. So I > think the extension module I built is somehow dependant on something of > VS.net 2003, but I don't know why. Could someone please give me a hint > to resolve this? > > Regards, > Paulkk, >