Re: Path to extensions...

> Do you really need to put all these files in your Windows/system dir? > Wouldnt it be better simply putting the dlls dir in your path? > > The way that you segment the various .dlls is nice in php4win but i would > try to avoid having people throw .dlls around as it makes it a pain to > upgrade (PHP or Windows). > > I would also recommend people put in full paths like d:/php4/extensions etc > in their php.ini as this seems to work the best rather than assuming the > root is the drive PHP is on (im sure thats the case.. but who knows) just to state that, i'm *not* talking about the php extensions, i'm talking about the external dll's from the dll's folder. that are normal dll's which can be used by other programms too, like xmlparse, fdftk, etc... they *should* get put into the windows/system(32) folder, like all other shared dll's like msvcrt etc too, because it can cause serious trouble if same dll's with differing version number are stored around your system. greetings daniel /*-- daniel beulshausen - daniel@php4win.de using php on windows? http://www.php4win.de