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hi, i am trying out mysql (again!!!). i need some help because when i enable the mysql extension i get an error every time anyone goes to a php doc on my server. the error is:
PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './php_mysql.dll' - The specified module could not be found.
I dont know how to fix it. can any one help?
thanks, dandono.
Do you have php_mysql.dll in your PHP installation directory? If so, move it to the directory specified as the extension_dir in the php.ini file. If you do not you need to download the ZIP version of PHP 5 from the site. The standard installer does not ship with the php installer.
Also, ensure you have libmysql.dll copied into your windows directory or have the directory it is contained in appended to the windows PATH envrionment variable.
:confused: i have done both but i still get the error. i changed the extension dir to "C:\PHP\ext" and put the php_mysql.dll file in to that dir. i dont know if i have done anything wrong :confused:
Where is libmysql.dll stored?
libmysql.dll is in C:\Windows\
Have you installed PHP as a module? If so you will need to restart the web server before changes take effect.
BTW, your error page should now say:
If it does not, it means PHP has either not found the PHP.ini file or it is using a different one. To confirm this you might want to create file with a call to phpinfo(), this will tell you exactly which configuration file is being use.Code:PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/php_mysql.dll' - The specified module could not be found.
do you meen restart the server as in restart the iis server or restart as in reboot?
Restart IIS.
ok, once again my server has messed up. it is not that big of a problem but it still needs it to be reinstalled but some how i got my self into reformatting all the partitions on it and getting it ready for a new hard drive that i will ghost it onto. i will try MySQL as soon as i get it running again :( im upgrading from an 80 gb hdd to a 300gb hdd and then in a few months im buying a few more 300gb's :p i just had to brag
ok i fixed it. so all i got to do is download php_mysql.dll from zip file on php.net, copy it to C:\php\ext\ and copy libmysql.dll to C:\windows\
yay!!! i have finaly got MySQL working :) thanks visualad
i would give you some rep but it says i need to spread it around; lol