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Re: mysql.dll won't load

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A.Reader wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:03:54 -0400,
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/2/2011 2:51 PM, Puzzled wrote:
>>> The other day, I ended up having to reinstall XP from the metal
>>> up, and thus also Apache (1.3.27), PHP (5.2.17), and MySQL (5.1)
>>>
>>> For some reason PHP isn't loading some of the dlls.  Phpinfo
>>> shows that it's loading my ini file and that extension_dir is
>>> correct.  I have the dll entries uncommented in the ini file and
>>> it appears to be loading bz2, gd, and zip, but not mcrypt, mhash,
>>> mysql, pspell, or sockets.
>>>
>>> I presume I'm forgetting something, but I can't imagine what it
>>> might be, especially with such a funny pattern.  I don't see
>>> anything in the install docs that ring a bell.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>> I think all of these require external libraries.  Are those libraries 
>> installed and available to the PHP process?
> 
> Thanks Jerry, that's what it was -- I hadn't reinstalled VC6 yet
> since I'm not doing much C these days.  And since of course I
> already had it installed when I started working with PHP, it
> never crossed my mind that it was involved.
> 
> I think the dependencies should be more clearly spelled out,
> especially for the sake of people who don't happen to own the
> relevant compiler and therefore the libs.  I'm not sure I'd even
> know where to begin looking, if I needed a free copy of the libs.

This is of course where a Linux style packaging system and open source 
libraries really scores.

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mysql.dll won't load Puzzled <scratching.head@example.com> - 2011-08-02 14:51 -0400
  Re: mysql.dll won't load Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-08-02 22:03 -0400
    Re: mysql.dll won't load A.Reader <anonymously@example.com> - 2011-08-03 08:17 -0400
      Re: mysql.dll won't load The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-08-03 16:56 +0100
        Re: mysql.dll won't load "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-08-04 12:04 +0200

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