Installing mcrypt on XP Home

blockage

OK, so XP Home is a stupid choice of OS. Well I'm stuck with it for now and anyway I the only thing I can't get working is mcrypt.

The story so far...

Running PHP 4.3 and Apache

I downloaded the zip file, php-4.3-mcrypt.zip
http://ftp.proventum.net/pub/php/win32/misc/mcrypt/

I extracted php_mcrypt.dll into the directory c:\php\extensions\
and libmcrypt.dll to c:\windows\system32\ (I also tried c:\windows\system).

I changed the extension_dir line in the php.ini file in the windows directory to:
extension_dir = c:\php\extensions\

I have also uncommented the line, extension=php_mcrypt.dll

I stop and start Apache and I still get the following error message(3 times):

Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\php\extensions\php_mcrypt.dll' - The specified procedure could not be found

Have I missed something?

vtb

I changed the extension_dir line in the php.ini file in the windows directory to:
extension_dir = c:\php\extensions\

try getting rid of the trailing backslash

[update] oops, nevermind. I tried installing per the same instructions on my win2k machine. same problem.

blockage

[UPDATE]I'm not sure if this really works or weather php is failing to parse the extension_dir and is just ignoring the whole thing. [/UPDATE]

I've made some progress with this, although I still haven't got it all working (yet).

I changed the extensions path in the php.ini file to an 8 letter dos directory name:

extension_dir = c:\php\extens~1

I no longer get the error messages when I restart Apache.

The bad news is mcrypt still don't work! my test file generates a load of fatal errors, like so...

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mcrypt_module_open() in c:\path_to_file_removed_for_forum\mcrypt.php on line 11

I'm still working on this but if you've got any bright ideas I'd love to hear them.

ElfQrin

download php-4.3-mcrypt.zip from http://ftp.proventum.net/pub/php/win32/misc/mcrypt/ or another mirror
extract libmcrypt.dll into your system directory (usually C:\WINDOWS\System or C:\WINNT\System32 )
extract php_mcrypt.dll into your PHP extension directory (usually C:\Program Files\PHP\extensions ). This file should already be there with PHP 4.3.x but you may replace it if you have downloaded a more recent version
set extension_dir = ./
Edit php.ini (usually stored in C:\Program Files\PHP ) and add (or uncomment) this line: extension=extensions/php_mcrypt.dll , under the ;Windows Extensions comment

That's it.

blockage

Have you actually tested that on XP Home?

It dosen't work for me

Kylotan

Just to add that i can't get this to work on Win2K either.

I have tried php_crypt.dll in winnt, winnt/system32, c:\php, and c:\php\extensions.

I have tried libmcrypt.dll in winnt, winnt/system32, and c:\php\extensions.

I have tried extension_dir=./ and extension_dir="c:\php\extensions"

It quite clearly says: "PHP Warning: Unable to load dynamic library 'c:/php/extensions/php_mcrypt.dll' yet that file certainly does exist.

If I check the dependencies of php_mcrypt.dll, they're all satisfied except for php4ts.dll, which I assume PHP loads up itself manually.

I see other people have posted with this sort of problem and not really received any help.