libmysql.dll in wrong place???

[Laxidasical]

I recently installed MySQL 5 and PHP 5 on my laptop so that I can use it as a development machine.  Everything went smoothly (or so I thought) until I checked phpinfo() and saw that the mysql extension didn't load.  GD2 and other extensions loaded fine though!?!?!?!  I eventually narrowed the issue down to the MySQL library (libmysql.dll).  It was initially residing in c:\php (as it should).  When I moved it to c:\windows the mysql extension loaded correctly.

 

This is odd to me because everything else is readable in my c:\php directory (php.ini, \ext, etc.).  While MySQL is now working, I really didn't want to have libmysql.dll (or any other PHP files) outside of the PHP directory.  Anyone have any ideas???

 

These have already been done during the initial install:

 

- Added c:\php to the system path

- Added PHPRC in system variables (value = c:\php)

- Set permissions of the PHP folder (c:\php) as readable for the IIS user

- Set the correct extension directory in php.ini

- Uncommented php_mysql.dll in php.ini

 

Environment:

 

- Windows XP Professional SP2

- IIS 5.1

- MySQL 5.0.41

- PHP 5.2.3

[atkman]

I put this file in the windows/system32 folder.

It took me several hours to do this and I finally got PHP, mysql and IIS6 to act like one big happy family.

 

here are my steps:

http://www.atksolutions.com/articles/install_php_mysql_iis.html

 

[Laxidasical]

I put this file in the windows/system32 folder.

It took me several hours to do this and I finally got PHP, mysql and IIS6 to act like one big happy family.

 

here are my steps:

http://www.atksolutions.com/articles/install_php_mysql_iis.html

 

 

I was trying to avoid moving any of the files from c:\php to anywhere else in the file system, mainly for upgrade purposes later on...