php5 on apache2 error (win98)

Lemon_Lime

i installed apache 2.0.55 and it works fine. then i downloaded php5 and extracted it to c:\php, renamed php.ini-recommended to php.ini, copied php5ts.dll to the windows folder and added the following lines to httpd.conf:

LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir "C:/php"

now when im trying to start apache i get the following error:

Syntax error on line 958 of c:/Program File/Apache Group/Apache2/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load c:/php/php5apache2.dll into server: One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found.

i tried to copy php5ts.dll to c:\windows, c:\windows\system, c:\windows\system32, c:\program files\apache group\apache2\bin, and it didnt help. when i delete the line:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
apache starts and works fine.

what should i do? it worked before i reinstalled windows...

thorpe

Doesn't windows use backslashes? Try...

LoadModule php5_module "c:\php\php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir "C:\php"

Houdini

all the .dll s belong in either the ext or extensions directory which are usually located in php/ext/ or php/extensions/

Lemon_Lime

windows use backslashes but i read in the php manual that i should use forward slashes, and i remember that this is what i did before i reinstalled windows... (and it worked fine...)

anyway, i tried to use backslashes and copy php5ts.dll to c:\php\ext and neither works.

delboy1978uk

download xampp it seems to be the number one solution about here....

but if u wanna delve deeper i didnt copy a php5ts.dll anywhere.....
also is the php5apache2.dll file actually in your c:\php folder?

possibly you have downloaded the cgi-version of php, in which case half the files are missing and the bloody thing doesn't work, which is a shame because it has a lovely installer program.
The real working version of php5 unfortunately doesn't and is a case of extracting to a folder then begin configuring your php.ini and httpd.conf files

also dont mean to sound patronising now but remember and check that c:\php is in the path

like houdini has said on many a thread though check out xampp
just back your files up, unistall everything, and put xampp on instead