The specified module could not be found

[Sandie]

Hi every one,

I'm a new player of PHP, everything is new to me here. I have a problem running my PHP5 in APCHE server specially during Apache start.

1. Intall Apache Server 2.0.58 and run smoothly.
2. Install MySQL 5.0 and it's OK
3. Install PHP 5.1.4 (ZIP FILE) and can run the "echo" command for phptest.
4. Configured httpd.conf to read PHP
   4.1 LoadModule php5_module c:/php/php5apache2.dll
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html .htm
   PHPIniDir "C:/PHP"
5. Configure PHP.INI
   5.1. Enable Extension Dir and the dynamic extensions:
   extension dir = "c:\PHP\ext"
   extension=php_mysql.dll
   extension=php_pdo.dll
   extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

When I run the Apache Server, and look in the error logs, this is what I found, only the php_pdo.dll has no error but ot with the other two dlls.

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\php\ext\php_mysql.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\r\n in Unknown on line 0

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\php\ext\php_pdo_mysql.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\r\n in Unknown on line 0

Thank very much,

Sandie
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[AcidicChip]

I just ran into this issue and found the solution.

The file php_mysql.dll is there, it's fine, but libmysql.dll isn't being found.

Go into your PHP directory and copy lib* to your apache bin directory and you should be good to go.

[Sandie]

Thank you very much

[AcidicChip]

No problem. Did it work out for you?

[thehelm]

Just wanted to post, because after hours of struggling with the above error, I resorted to downgrading my PHP version to 5.2.17.

However, it was only the post above which eventually enabled me to work out how to get the new PHP module working with MySQL!

I had uncommented the extension and entered the file path as countless forums have specified, but the key information was here:

As AcidicChip states (back in 2006), the file libmysql.dll must be in the Apache bin directory for this to work.

And it does! Many thanks for that.

[bradgrafelman]

thehelm wrote:

the file libmysql.dll must be in the Apache bin directory for this to work.

Definitely not!

As I've said before: You should never move any PHP-related files (especially .dll files) outside of the main PHP installation directory. Doing so just causes more problems than it solves. Instead, you should ensure that your PHP directory is added to your system's PATH environment variable (just as the PHP manual instructs when installing manually).

Also... why are you using the old password scheme in a MySQL 4.1+ server?