Odd problem installing PHP5

[Matt Ion]

WinXP Pro, Apache 1.3.27, trying to add PHP 5.0.4 with MySQL support to
the mix. Everything works fine until I add 'extension=libm ysql.dll' to
php.ini, and then starting Apache gives me the same error popup two or
three times, all with the same message:
PHP Startup: Invalid library (maybe not a PHP library) 'libmysql.dll'

I've tried all manner of variations of extension_dir, and copied
libmysql.dll from the php5 distro into c:\windows\syst em32, all to no
avail. PHP seems to work otherwise, but there's no MySQL support.


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[Philip Olson]

Re: Odd problem installing PHP5

Use php_mysql.dll not libmysql.dll inside php.ini

Read the PHP manual, it talks about this:

http://php.net/mysql

[Matt Ion]

Re: Odd problem installing PHP5

Philip Olson wrote:[color=blue]
> Use php_mysql.dll not libmysql.dll inside php.ini
>
> Read the PHP manual, it talks about this:
> http://php.net/mysql[/color]


Ahh, thanks... I was going by the install.txt which didn't specify that,
it just said to use libmysql.dll for php5.

That seems to be working now...


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[Dale]

Re: Odd problem installing PHP5

Make sure you copy the *.dll files from the php install to the system32
directory (or the directory where apache.exe lives.

[Dale]

Re: Odd problem installing PHP5

.... I should have been more specific, sorry, copy the dll files from
the root of the PHP install, you do not have to copy the dlls from the
ext directory as the extension_dir points to that directory. You
might be able to set a path variable to point to the php root, but I
couldn't get it to work for me.

[Philip Olson]

Re: Odd problem installing PHP5

Actually it's much preferred to never copy *any* PHP files (or any
files at all really) into the system32 directory. That's sloppy.
Instead, setup the system PATH environment variable as mentioned in the
manual to point to the PHP directory so all PHP files can be found.

install.txt is generated directly from the PHP manual. Please specify
where it says this so it can be corrected/clarified.

[Philip Olson]

Re: Odd problem installing PHP5

Sorry I missed your comment about PATH :-) It works, be sure it's the
system path and not the user path. And restart Windows after setting it.