> > However, if you want to run PHP as an Apache module rather than > as cgi, the > > situation changes. In that case, Edin's solution is by far the > easiest for > > beginners. > > I know. What I am saying is that no application should be installed like > that so we should rather try to change the installation process than > documenting it.
I doubt it could be changed, because it's not really a PHP issue. When PHP is installed as an Apache module, Apache controls the base library loading. PHP is only responsible for the libraries it loads directly in that case (i.e. php_*.dll). That means that all the other .dll files have to be visible to Apache rather than to PHP.