I need expert here....

chrissanz

I'm trying to install libmcrypt.dll in my computer, so I can use in my php app

I have a windows machine (xp Pro)

I follow the directions from the official php site:
http://us2.php.net/mcrypt

I tried to follow these vague instructions:
http://ftp.emini.dk/pub/php/win32/mcrypt/old/README.txt

When I placed everything in the right spot and i try to see if I can see it in my phpinfo(); I get an error message...

Unknown(): Invalid library (maybe not a php library) 'libcrypt.dll'

This is where I put it:
C:\PHP\extensions

And this is what i added to my php.ini:
extension_dir = "c:\php\extensions"
extension=libmcrypt.dll

Am i doing something wrong here? please help

THANKS

Chris

phpprogrammer

Dear Friend,

install easyphp software on your system , it will install all dlls automatically,

the software available in http://easyphp.org site.

regards
bvsureshbabu

chrissanz

Thanks buddy...

Is there any other way I can do this?

I'm running IIS...

I tried installing it, but it did not work..

I tried moving those .dll files from Program Files directory right into the "extensions" folder and I got this nasty windows error...

is there a cleaner way? I know windows always makes it nasty to work with, but if there is please help 🙂

Thanks

Chris

Weedpacket

Um, phpprogrammer, easyphp isn't the cure for world hunger, you know...

chrissanz: you also need to configure PHP properly: PHP doesn't use libmcrypt directly - it's not a PHP extension. If you read the extension list in php.ini you'll've read the line:

;extension=php_mcrypt.dll

and you'll need to uncomment that. php_mcrypt.dll is a PHP extension, (it should be in PHP's extensions directory) and it links to libmcrypt.dll.

Plus, you'll need to fix up all the changes you've done to your installation of libmcrypt trying to get this to work 🙂

[edit: I just noticed that I basically repeated the notes from the emini site; but what you describe doing is nothing like what was written there.]

chrissanz

Thanks Weedpacket...

that kind of makes more sence... so php_mcrypt.dll is just an ISAPI extension that gets loaded when php gets interpreted...

and libmcrypt.dll is just a component library that needs to be registered to the system right? I tried registering libmcrypt.dll and it didn't work... it gave me an error

I'm all screw up 🙁

I'm goint to reinstall PHP in my computer and then I'll try this again....

if anyone has anymore suggestions or comments please shoot...

i'll be back 🙁

laserlight

hmm... is the path to the dll in your PATH?