following minor discussion with Nuno and a lot of fiddling around here.. Not being an Apache expert, I'm failing to understand why the apache2handler will only load php5apache2.dll (along with _all_ its friends, including php.ini) if it's in the apache\bin dir (directly, and don't mess with it!).
I've had it running with a full path, but Nuno's right - it ignores the .ini file everywhere else when loaded as a SAPI module, so you either need to install it in apache\bin or else set the path for the .ini (or put the .ini in a system path). > > > > > > I have no clue why Nuno reports that it does not work for PHP 5. > Probably > > > the clue's in 'set PATH'. There's no reason to set PATH unless you're > doing > > > something very strange with PHP. I don't have any PHP-related > environmental > > > variables set. The php-specific shared libraries (e.g. > php_mysqli.dll) > are > > > in the same directory as the executable OR below it in a dir specified > in > > > php.ini, in 8 cases. I also have a php5 executable and php5ts.dll > running as > > > part of cygwin/bin - that's number 9. > > > > > > I have both PHP 4 and 5 versions of cgi running with Apache (switch > between > > > them depending on what I'm doing), with PHP-GTK, as cli and > as testbeds. > No > > > conflicts. > > > > This means that if we suggest people to replicate the PHP 5 package > > structure with PHP 4 (move the contents of the dlls folder and the sapi > > folder into the root PHP folder), and place php.ini there, then that > > should work without and special PATH settings either for PHP 4 or PHP 5. > > I wonder why this is not working for Nuno, it is/was hard to beleive... > > > Clarification: I have the PHP dir in the path, so that I can use the cli > version. > > Steph is using the CGI version, and I have problems with the > apache 2 module > (very different!). I need to copy the php.ini file to the windows dir, > otherwise it is not parsed. > > And I also need to copy the libmysql.dll to the system folder in order to > have the mysql extension working. > > Steph, cam you check if you get these problems, too? > > Thanks, > Nuno
