Forum topic Unable to load dynamic library?

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1

I read most of the threads on my search and couldn’t find a solution for my problem. I have Drupal 6.15 working find on my openSuSe 11.2 and I ran into this problem “Unable to load dynamic library” while installing Apache 2.2.14 and php 5.2.10 on Windows XP Pro.

My MySql server is running on my openSuSe Server and Drupal on the Windows is pointing there. These are the error messages I’m getting:


PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\PHP\\\\ext\\\\php_mcrypt.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\\r\
 in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\PHP\\\\ext\\\\php_mhash.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\\r\
 in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\PHP\\\\ext\\\\php_mysql.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\\r\
 in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\PHP\\\\ext\\\\php_mysqli.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\\r\
 in Unknown on line 0

What do I need to correct this?

2

VC,

Show us your module section of httpd.conf.

Regards,

DK

3

Here’s what it looks like:


LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
#LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
#LoadModule authn_alias_module modules/mod_authn_alias.so
#LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so
#LoadModule authn_dbd_module modules/mod_authn_dbd.so
#LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
#LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
#LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
#LoadModule authz_owner_module modules/mod_authz_owner.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
# LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
#LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
#LoadModule charset_lite_module modules/mod_charset_lite.so
#LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
#LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
#LoadModule dav_lock_module modules/mod_dav_lock.so
#LoadModule dbd_module modules/mod_dbd.so
#LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
#LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so
#LoadModule dumpio_module modules/mod_dumpio.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
#LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
#LoadModule ext_filter_module modules/mod_ext_filter.so
#LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
#LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.so
#LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
#LoadModule ident_module modules/mod_ident.so
LoadModule imagemap_module modules/mod_imagemap.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
#LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
LoadModule isapi_module modules/mod_isapi.so
#LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
#LoadModule logio_module modules/mod_logio.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
#LoadModule log_forensic_module modules/mod_log_forensic.so
#LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
#LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
#LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
#LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
#LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
#LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
#LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
#LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
#LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
#LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
#LoadModule substitute_module modules/mod_substitute.so
#LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
#LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule version_module modules/mod_version.so
#LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so

LoadModule php5_module "C:\\Program Files\\PHP\\php5apache2_2.dll"

PHPINIDir "C:\\Program Files\\PHP"
4

Vc,

Silly me, it was the modules loaded by PHP, not Apache that were giving you problems. My error (for which I apologize).

What I’d be looking for is something which might cause the \\ in the PHP warning (i.e., they should merely be /'s, NOT \\'s). Apache understands /'s (and will make the conversion to \ for WinDoze) and \'s but \\'s give it problems.

Also, if there are spaces in your path, quote the entire string for Apache/PHP.

Regards,

DK

5

Alternatively

<pre>
<?php
print_r(apache_get_modules());
?>
</pre>

if PHP is run as an Apache module.

6

Here’s my php.ini:


; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir ="C:\\Program Files\\PHP\\ext"

[PHP_BZ2]
extension=php_bz2.dll
[PHP_CURL]
extension=php_curl.dll
[PHP_GD2]
extension=php_gd2.dll
[PHP_GETTEXT]
extension=php_gettext.dll
[PHP_GMP]
extension=php_gmp.dll
[PHP_IMAP]
extension=php_imap.dll
[PHP_MBSTRING]
extension=php_mbstring.dll
[PHP_MCRYPT]
extension=php_mcrypt.dll
[PHP_MHASH]
extension=php_mhash.dll
[PHP_MIME_MAGIC]
extension=php_mime_magic.dll
[PHP_MING]
extension=php_ming.dll
[PHP_MYSQL]
extension=php_mysql.dll
[PHP_MYSQLI]
extension=php_mysqli.dll
[PHP_OPENSSL]
extension=php_openssl.dll
[PHP_PDO]
extension=php_pdo.dll
[PHP_SQLITE]
extension=php_sqlite.dll
[PHP_TIDY]
extension=php_tidy.dll
[PHP_XMLRPC]
extension=php_xmlrpc.dll
[PHP_XSL]
extension=php_xsl.dll
[PHP_ZIP]
extension=php_zip.dll
[PHP_EXIF]
extension=php_exif.dll

Here’s a reprint of .so using the php code above:


Array ( 
[0] => core 
[1] => mod_win32 
[2] => mpm_winnt 
[3] => http_core 
[4] => mod_so 
[5] => mod_actions 
[6] => mod_alias 
[7] => mod_asis 
[8] => mod_auth_basic 
[9] => mod_authn_default 
[10] => mod_authn_file 
[11] => mod_authz_default 
[12] => mod_authz_groupfile 
[13] => mod_authz_host 
[14] => mod_authz_user 
[15] => mod_autoindex 
[16] => mod_cgi 
[17] => mod_dir 
[18] => mod_env 
[19] => mod_imagemap 
[20] => mod_include 
[21] => mod_isapi 
[22] => mod_log_config 
[23] => mod_mime 
[24] => mod_negotiation 
[25] => mod_rewrite 
[26] => mod_setenvif 
[27] => mod_ssl 
[28] => mod_userdir 
[29] => mod_php5 )

I put the “\” to “/” and I basically got the same failure:


PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:/Program Files/PHP/ext\\\\php_mcrypt.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\\r\
 in Unknown on line 0

What is not making any sense is why is it picking out these dll’s and not the others. How can I check if the other dll’s were loaded just to make sure?

7

Vc,

I seem to recall some problem I had ages ago with putting PHP in a Program Files subdirectory and ended up with extension_dir =“C:\PHP\ext” which works file. Saying that, you may want to change your extension_dir =“C:\Program Files\PHP\ext” to extension_dir =“C:/Program Files/PHP/ext” to see if that works for you. Otherwise, it may be easier to reinstall (unzip) PHP into its own C:\ folder.

Regards,

DK

8

That was it!.. it was the long name… Thanks for your help! I appreciate it very much!

9

Vc,

Horray! :Partier:

Regards,

DK