Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load

From	Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load
Date	2011-09-05 08:25 -0400
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On 9/4/2011 10:22 PM, Cat22 wrote:
> On Sun 9/4/2011 6:38 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 9/4/2011 1:03 AM, Cat 22 wrote:
>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/3/2011 7:09 PM, Cat 22 wrote:
>>>>> I'm on a mandriva x64 (2010.0) system and have
>>>>> PHP 5.2.6 (cli) (built: Nov 15 2009 11:54:34)
>>>>> installed, i use lighttpd as my webserver for local stuff.
>>>>> I find i need the mbstring extension so i installed it via mcc
>>>>> its now in /usr/lib64/php/extensions/mbstring.so
>>>>> but php -m dosent list it as loaded.
>>>>> The /etc/php.ini file has an mbstring section which i
>>>>> set to this (all the other items under [mbstring] are commented
>>>>> out):
>>>>> [mbstring]
>>>>> ; language for internal character representation.
>>>>> ; http://php.net/mbstring.language
>>>>> mbstring.language = English
>>>>>
>>>>> I restarted lighttpd but i still dont have mbstring loaded.
>>>>> What have i missed?
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Cat22
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Did you load the extension in your php.ini file?
>>>>
>>> I tried that, like this but it didnt help
>>>
>>> from /etc/php.ini:
>>>
>>> ; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
>>> ; http://php.net/extension-dir
>>> extension_dir = "/usr/lib64/php/extensions"
>>>
>>> ; If you wish to have an extension loaded automatically, use the
>>> following
>>> ; syntax:
>>> ;
>>> ; extension=modulename.extension
>>> extension=mbstring.so<== i added this line
>>> ;
>>> ; On Mandriva, we don't add the extensions in php.ini anymore, we put
>>> ; them in /etc/php.d/<number>_<name>.ini, for example 10_recode.ini.
>>> ;
>>> ; This is so that the RPMS can register themselves without having to
>>> ; modify the php.ini file.
>>>
>>> Also:
>>>
>>> #locate mbstring
>>> /etc/php.d/29_mbstring.ini
>>> /usr/lib64/php/extensions/mbstring.so
>>>
>>> #cat /etc/php.d/29_mbstring.ini
>>> extension = mbstring.so
>>>
>>> I then restarted lighttpd
>>> Still no joy
>>> Thanks
>>> Cat22
>>
>>
>> OK, some other questions. First of all, did you change the correct
>> php.ini file? This usually is more of a problem in Windows systems than
>> Unix ones, but it can still occur. phpinfo() will show you which ini
>> file is being used.
>>
>> Also, are you using the 64 bit version of PHP? Is the version of
>> mbstring you installed the correct one for your version of PHP (I don't
>> know where you got either one). Also, what's in
>> /etc/php.d/29_mbstring.ini? Is this the file you're supposed to include?
>>
>> ALso, I'm not familiar with Mandriva, but you should be asking them what
>> they requires for their package system to work.
>>
> I am trying to run phpsysinfo. version 2.5.4 runs fine so i tried
> installing the latest version (3.0.13) and this is where i ran into the
> mbstring error. I think i just need to get mbstring.so to load and i;ll
> probably be ok, but even tho its the same directory as other loadable
> extensions it doesnt load.
> Yeh, I'm using the x86_64 version of php, everything is x86_64 and
> version 5.3.6 according to mandriva control center
> Thanks
> Cat22

OK, what about the answers to my other questions?  What the mandriva 
control center says is immaterial here.

Also, do you have the correct version of mbstring.so on your system? 
Extensions are version-specific.


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php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org> - 2011-09-03 16:09 -0700
  Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-09-03 22:22 -0400
    Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org> - 2011-09-03 22:03 -0700
      Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-09-04 12:28 +0200
        Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat22 <oops@invalid.org> - 2011-09-04 19:12 -0700
          Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Doug Miller <doug_at_milmacdotcom@example.com> - 2011-09-04 22:32 -0400
      Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-09-04 09:38 -0400
        Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat22 <oops@invalid.org> - 2011-09-04 19:22 -0700
          Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-09-05 08:25 -0400
        Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org> - 2011-09-05 17:06 -0700
          Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-09-05 20:46 -0400
            Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org> - 2011-09-05 18:12 -0700
              Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org> - 2011-09-05 18:27 -0700
                Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org> - 2011-09-05 19:15 -0700
              Re: php mbstring extension doesnt load Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-09-05 21:52 -0400

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