RE: GD and other DLL extensions under Win32 (PHP4/Apache/Win9x)

Hi there > Even after reading some of the previous threads regarding this issue, I'm > still having problems enabling the gd (and other) dll extensions in the > php.ini file. > > I am running Win98, PHP4.0.0, Zend v0.98 and Apache 1.3.12 (win32) and I > have downloaded the dlls from > http://download.swwwing.com/php4/modules/ I'm using Win98 and MS Personal webserver and had the same problems but with PHP_MSQL2.DLL and PHP version 3. It couldn't seem to find the PHP3.INI file. Eventually I removed the one from the windows directory and forced it to find the INI file in the main PHP directory (where the PHP.EXE file lives). This way there was only ONE of them and I knew which one it was loading. Even though this was for PHP v3, the symptoms of not being able to find the DLLs are similar and the changes simple and reversable, so they may be of use. Here's what I did: 1) Add "set PHPRC=C:\apps\php" to the autoexec.bat Tells it where to find the configuration files 2) In the web server scriptmap - defines the program to be run to handle various extensions (eg one for .PHP one for .PHP3 ) instead of C:\APPS\PHP\PHP.EXE %s %s I've added the command line option to explicitly tell it where the configuration files are, so the command line now reads C:\APPS\PHP\PHP.EXE -c c:\apps\php %s %s Probably only one of these is necessary, my guess is the second one, but I as it works I haven't bothered to find out. Cheers and Good Luck Giovanni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Giovanni Moretti * FAST PIC 16F84, Atmel 2051 & AVR development on SimmStick Palmerston North * Fringe Science, Brainwave Synchronisation, Remote Viewing New Zealand * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ZL2BOI ~~~~~* Visit Reflection Technology http://www.reflections.co.nz > My initial php.ini settings are: > extension_dir = ./ ; the default > > extension=php_gd.dll > > The error I am getting when I run php.exe -i > info.htm at the DOS prompt > is: > > "PHP Fatal error: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_gd.dll'<br> > A device attached to the system is not functioning. > in Unknown on line 0" > > I've attempted commenting out the "extension_dir=" entry and use the full > path name > to the dll, ie. extension=d:\\php4\\php_gd.dll, but PHP crashes and causes 2 > fatal exception errors: > > fatal exception 0E occurred at 0028:C02A60FD in VXD IFSMGR(04) + 00007811 > ... and ... > fatal exception 0D occurred at 0246:015F47FB ... > > Hoewever, (with extension_dir commented out and) if the full path supplied > is d:\php4\php_gd.dll or d:/php4/php_gd.dll, PHP says "...unable to load > dynamic library...". > > The strange thing is...if I try to enable the php_crypt.dll (or > php_mcrpyt.dll) library using the default php.ini settings, PHP says: > > "PHP Warning: Invalid library (maybe not a PHP library) 'php_crypt.dll' in > Unknown on line 0" > > And if I enable the php_ldap.dll or php_calendar.dll (which come with the > PHP4Win32 binary distribution), php -i > info.htm returns with no errors. > But the php_calendar.dll from download.swwwing.com throws up a... > > "PHP Fatal error: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_calendar.dll'<br> > A device attached to the system is not functioning. > in Unknown on line 0" > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > Ignatius > >