unable to load dynamic library php_imap.dll

[vimal]

I have a problem in PHP.
we know that we can use IMAP protocol in PHP.
For that pupose we have to download php_imap.dll.
i have downloaded it . in tutorial , it is given that
we have to specify the path in extension_dir in php.ini
file . I have written the path of the php_imap.dll in extension.dll
But problem is that whn i m recompiling that is i m just seing the
configuration by phpinfo() function it is giving me error

i.e.

unable to load dynamic library 'c:\winnt\extension\php_imap.dll' - the
specified module could not e found

do u have any idea of how to use this dynamic library or to set
the extension dir in php.ini file
send me solution of this problem .
thank u.
-vimal kamothi

[sdjensen]

in php.ini
// extentions are located in the same dir as php.exe
extension_dir = ./

so to enable php_imap.dll you add the following statement to php.ini and place the php_imap.dll file in the same directory as php.exe

extension=php_imap.dll

[vimal]

I have already done that, but it still unable to load that module?
-vimal

[Newrules]

Same thing here
I have 'a device attached to the system is not functioning'
Maybe someone here has the answer

[Newrules]

YEP
This is a hard one
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/php-windows/1751451
http://lists.horde.org/archives/horde/Week-of-Mon-20030728/008171.html

[ethought]

On windows, put any extension DLL you want to load in C:\Windows\System.

Adjust your extensions_dir path accordingly in the php.ini file.

This worked for me.

[maybl8r03]

PHP comes default with a directory specially suited for extensions - by default it is located @ php/extensions, try not to change that as it's easier to manage when you upgrade PHP.

Make sure your extension directory is given execute rights for IUSR_machinename or the appropriate UID for your web server and try not to have spaces in your path to PHP. Various people have mixed results when they install PHP in "C:/program files/php" for example.

I've seen extensions act strangely - for example, extensions that would only be loaded if PHP was run as an ISAPI module instead of CGI (and in such rare case you probably need to put it in a more well known windows dll directory such as system32)but again these extensions are usually not the ones distributed by the official PHP ZIP distro and probably needs a recompile to make sure it adhere's to the PHP's directory structure.