cURL with PHP on Windows 2000

kenyaz

I am trying to get cURL to install or get recognized on a windows 2000 server for an application that is running as PHP on our server.

I have installed the lastest version of PHP.
I notice in the "non-installer" version, has the extensions/dll's that I need (php_curl.dll)
However, I can not even get the manual install method to install or recognize this dll.

When I go in and comment out the reference to php_curl in the php.ini file, all pages that use php on our server just hang.

Can anyone please give me advice on how to get this to install?

awasson

Hey Kenyaz,

I've run into this problem on Windows server and have some things you might want to check, if you haven't already figured this one out.

I figured out about 3 years ago that the installer version is easier to configure and run so I haven't tried the zip version since.

These instructions are for the installer version

Download and install the latest stable version of PHP. Today that is Version 4.3.4

Download the zip version and expand it somewhere you can get at it like the desktop. Open it up.

Drag the folder named extensions to your PHP installation. By default this would be C:\php.

Back to the expanded zip version.
Open the directory called dlls then select and drag the entire contents to your C:\WINNT\System32 Directory
(There should be 14 dlls and they will come in handy should you decide to enable php_xslt or any of the other extensions)

Now you have to make some edits to the php.ini so this will all come together.

#1
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Paths and Directories ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Change the extensions directory to point to c:\php\extensions\ like so:

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "c:\php\extensions\"

#2
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Dynamic Extensions ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

uncomment:
extension=php_curl.dll

That should do it. You can check by making a page that has the following code:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Run that page and you should see curl enabled in alphabetical order between "ctype" and "ftp".

Good luck and have fun.

BTW, now that you have a bunch of the other extension dlls loaded up you can easily enable them to work as well.

Andrew

wobble

Hey Guys,

I am trying to install extensions on my PHP. I am running Windows 2000 with IIS. PHP verison 4.3.4.

My PHP works fine, but when i try to uncomment the php_curl.dll extension, the PHP hangs. Does not let me run any PHP scripts.

I have the done the following in my php.ini file:

extension_dir = "c:\php\extensions\"

extension=php_curl.dll

Also, I have put all the extensions DLL files in the c:\php\extensions\

And have put all the other DLL files directly into the C:\WINNT\System32\

I have installed the php_gd.dll extension without any problems. Just the Curl extension is hanging and freezing the PHP.

Why is my PHP hanging when I enable php_curl.dll?
How do I resolve it?

Thank you all for your help.

Regards
Wobble

awasson

Hey Wobble,

I'm not sure why you're running into trouble. You won't be able to run scripts because your server is trying to load that dll whenever a php request is made of your server. If you watch your server when you make a request you'll see that an alert box appears saying that php cannot find the dll.

Make sure that in the php.ini you adjusted the extensions directory, ie:

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "c:\php\extensions\"

not the include_path. I've made that mistake a time or two myself.

I just did a fresh install of Win2k Server SP4 with PHP/MySQL yesterday. It's my cleanes install to date and follows my earlier post. I added cURL and php_xslt. I've attached my PHP.ini file to this post if it helps.

Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Andrew

wobble

I get this message in my Event Log when I enable php_curl.dll

"Application popup: Warning : Unknown(): Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\php\extensions\php_curl.dll' - The operating system cannot run Warning."

I have set the correct setting in the php.ini file for the extensions directory.

I have also recopied the dll files just incase they were corrupt.

Attached is my php.ini file.

Still have not resloved this problem. Please help.

Thank you.
Wobble

wobble

I found this post :
- http://www.phpbuilder.com/mail/php-windows/2001051/0335.php

It talks about the problem also. I may have to check all the dependant DLL files.

Regards
Wobble

wobble

Do I have to register any DLLs?
Do I have to use regsvr32 to install any of the DLLs?

How do I get php_curl.dll to work?

Thanks everyone for helping me out.
I owe you guys a beer.

Regards
Wobble

awasson

you don't need to regsvr32 any of the dlls in the php package however you may need to register things like SSLEAY32.dll, or LIBEAY32.dll.

Good info in the other thread!

I expect that you have php4ts.dll, Kernel32.dll and Wsock32.dll otherwise you would be experiencing other troubles but it's good to check anyway.

I had a peek in my System32 and noticed that I have msvcr71.dll rather than msvcr70.dll. This was probably replaced during a service patch.

It looks like it must be something like a missign dependent.

The error that you are receiving indicates that your paths are set right. It is a misleading error, however it can probably be translated to mean that one of those dlls are missing.

Let us know how it goes.
Andrew