[RESOLVED] [ASK]Error when starting Apache

[fandhie]

I have an error when starting apache under win xp like this:

cannot load c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll into server: the specified module could not be found

the fact is I have c:/php/sapi/php4apache.dll module exist.

Pls somebody help me....

[bradgrafelman]

If you'll note on the page for manual installation steps ([man]install.windows.manual[/man]), you need to copy the php4apache.dll file into the main c:\php\ folder and load it from there. Why? It needs to find files such as php4ts.dll as well.

You should probably read through all of the steps on the manual page I linked above and make sure you're installing PHP correctly.

[fandhie]

🙁 still not working....

I also already replace php4apache.dll modul with php4apache2.dll coz I'm using apache 2.2.

Have any clue???

[bradgrafelman]

Can you outline all of the steps you've done? Example questions to answer:

• What changes to Apache's httpd.conf have you made? Can you paste those lines here?

• Where did you extract the PHP files to? Have you copied the files in the 'dlls' folder to the root? How about the ones in 'sapi' ?

• In the root of the PHP installation folder (e.g. c:\php), do you see these files: php4papache2.dll, php4ts.dll, php.exe

• What version of PHP did you download?

[fandhie]

I'm using PHP 4.3.0 & apache 2.2.0

the changes I've made to http.conf :

I've added

LoadModule php4_module c:\php\php4apache.dll
AddModule mod_php4.c
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

changed:

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>

to

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>

I have changed php configuration in "c:\php\php.ini-dist" and save as "c:\windows\php.ini"as follows:

short_open_tag = On

to

short_open_tag = Off 

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

to

error_reporting = E_ALL

;include_path = ".;c:\php\includes"

to

include_path = ".;c:\php\includes"

extension_dir = "./"

to

extension_dir = "c:\php\extensions"

session.save_path = /tmp

to

session.save_path = c:\windows\temp 

The main folder of php is C:\php

Yes, I have copied all files in 'dlls' & 'sapi' folder main folder to C:\php

I also have copied all files in 'dlls' folder & php4ts.dll file in C:\WINDOWS\System32

😕

[bradgrafelman]

1. fandhie wrote:

   I also have copied all files in 'dlls' folder & php4ts.dll file in C:\WINDOWS\System32

   Copying files to a system folder has been deprecated for quite some time now - you might want to remove those files.

2. Since you're using Apache 2, you need to use the "php4apache2.dll" SAPI module instead.

3. You shouldn't need the "AddModule mod_php4.c" reference - try removing that.

4. Have you added the PHP directory to your system's PATH environment variable? For information on how to do this, see this link.