Re: [PHP] PHP5, Windoze, Extensions

Hi George,

That worked :-)

Many thanks for setting me on the straight and narrow.

Dave

George Pitcher wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Why not put your ext path into your include path :
>
> include_path = "c:\php\pear;c:\php;c:\php\ext"
>
> That might solve the problem. Just a bit of lateral thinking.
>
> George
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Carrera [mailto:dave@ephgroup.com]
>> Sent: 27 September 2006 9:28 am
>> To: George Pitcher; php-general@lists.php.net
>> Subject: Re: [php] PHP5, Windoze, Extensions
>>
>>
>> Thanks for that George,
>>
>> I managed to isolate the problem....
>>
>> PEAR had slapped its own include_path at the bottom of my php.ini,
>> removing it cleared up the extension_dir problem.
>>
>> BUT now if i use the include_path var the extension_dir fails and
>> phpinfo displays my php.ini from include_path down.
>>
>> my php.ini include_path looks like this
>>
>> include_path = "c:\php\pear"
>>
>> If i comment out include_path, extension_dir works but now php wants to
>> find the include path as "c:\php5\pear"
>>
>> I made c:\php5\pear and copied my pear dir into it and pear works but
>> this really is not tidy is it.
>>
>> What could be wrong ????
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> George Pitcher wrote:
>>
>>> Dave,
>>>
>>> I would suggest putting your extension path in your system path.
>>>
>>> I have encountered problems getting extensions to load where
>>>
>> there have been
>>
>>> multiple instances of dll files. reducing these to one instance
>>>
>> solved that
>>
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> I once found that my php.ini settings weren't being loaded -
>>>
>> but that was on
>>
>>> Debian and it was the method used to stop-start apache that was
>>>
>> the cause of
>>
>>> that problem.
>>>
>>> I'm running PHP5/Apache2 on WinNT and am restarting Apache on an almost
>>> daily basis using the Services panel. I'm not encountering any extension
>>> problems though. In fact I just upgraded from PHP5.0.4 to 5.1.4
>>>
>> and it was
>>
>>> really easy (much to my surprise).
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> George in Oxford
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dave Carrera [mailto:dave@ephgroup.com]
>>>> Sent: 27 September 2006 8:04 am
>>>> To: php-general@lists.php.net
>>>> Subject: [php] PHP5, Windoze, Extensions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi List,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to bore most of you with this one but i cannot get extensions to
>>>> load using latest php5, apache 2.0xxx
>>>>
>>>> I have std php running and it tells me that my php.ini is being read
>>>> from c:\php\php.ini. This is correct.
>>>>
>>>> But what ever i change "extension_dir" to it always says "c:\php5". By
>>>> the way i am using phpinfo() for this info.
>>>>
>>>> I make c:\php5 and copy extentions in there, but they still dont load
>>>> and yes i have uncommented out the relevant extension in php.ini
>>>>
>>>> I always stop -> start apache for changes to take affect but nothing
>>>> changes.
>>>>
>>>> I have php in the system path.
>>>>
>>>> I also have tried copying the extension to windoze and system32 but
>>>> still they will not load.
>>>>
>>>> ANy ideas ??????
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
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>>>
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