ID: 28493 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: sanondysie at tc17 dot com Status: Open -Bug Type: Dynamic loading +Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 98 PHP Version: 4.3.6 New Comment:
Fix this in the docs people... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-16 23:17:24] sanondysie at tc17 dot com Classification of a problem that is exists and is 100% reproducible as "Bogus" seems to be, well, bogus. Surely "Won't Fix" is at least a better fit; a class of "Restriction" might be more accurate were it to exist. Given that the decision to deny support for IMAP on Windows 98, 98SE and NT is irrevokable, one trusts that this warrants mention in both the "Installation and Configuration" and "IMAP" sections of the documentation. The current expectation on these platforms is that PHP is supported without restriction. fwiw, the predominant IMAP client on all Win32 platforms, Outlook *, supports SSL connections through port 993. Perhaps there is shareable code for this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-05 23:44:21] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Imap is not supported on systems earlier that Windows 2000. This is because it uses encryption functions in order to enable SSL connections to the mail servers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-30 16:12:33] sanondysie at tc17 dot com Further research especially with a tool a little better suited to the task available at http://www.dependencywalker.com/ clarifies the problem. The issue appears to be with two calls in php_imap.dll: EncryptMessage DecryptMessage that are imported from SECUR32.DLL. Presumably these functions are exported from SECUR32.DLL on WinNT platforms but not on Win98. A check of these versions of SECUR32.DLL revealed that none of them export the required functions: SECUR32.DLL DateTime: 29-Apr-1998 FileVersion: 4.10.1998 (original distribution) SECUR32.DLL DateTime: 27-Mar-1999 FileVersion: 4.10.2177 (from some upgrade) SECUR32.DLL DateTime: 23-Apr-1999 FileVersion: 4.10.2222 (Win98SE) I have not been able to check WinME version(s). Appropriate patching of php_imap.dll's import table to eliminate the problem references produces an image that loads properly and provides imap function on my Win98 systems. One hopes a better solution can be provided. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-22 18:58:12] sanondysie at tc17 dot com Description: ------------ This problem seems to present itself only on Win98 systems (possibly on other Win9x as well). I have tested this on an almost-out-of-the-box Win98 system as well a Win98 system with all the latest MS patches including MSIE 6.0 SP1; symptoms are identical. Systems ARE able to use the curl extension; systems ARE able to use the gd2 extension. Systems are NOT able to use the IMAP extension. There are many Usenet messages about this problem as well; there doesn't seem to be any solution that has been shown to work. Symptoms can be demonstrated by either: 1) configure imap with php.ini, or 2) <?php dl ("php_imap.dll"); ?> The error message returned is something like: Unable to load dynamic library ...php_imap.dll - A device attached to the system is not functioning. A little bit more analysis with \windows\system\regsvr32 gives: LoadLibrary ...php_imap.dll failed GetLastError returns 0x0000001f. The 0x1f (31) error maps to "device attached to the system is not functioning" is apparently a catch-all for errors for which the original programmers could not be bothered supplying details. However, this is NOT the error shown for missing DLLs (that's a 0x4xx error); Analysis with scanbin (available from: http://www.bellamyjc.net/) seems to show that there are two presumed problems with calls: KERNEL32: LoadLibrarya KERNEL32: GetProcAddress The conclusion seems to be that the problem is inherent in php_imap.dll itself, possibly the way in which is is built; possibly some subtle API interface problem (with KERNEL32), a difference between Win9x and WinNT kernels? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28493&edit=1
