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Newbie: I feel like an idiot, install problems

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:33 pm
by spyderwoman
I have been working with ASP and ASP.NET for years. Now that I am a stay-at-home mom, I would like to do some work on the side with php/mysql. I am using WindowsXP. I just bought the book, [i]php and mysql web development[/i] and have followed the install step by step (except the apache part) and when I have tried to run the test page, I get the following errors:
PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'c:/php/ext\php_gd2.dll' - The specified module could not be found.
I got the same message for php_imap.dll and php_msqli.dll
I did edit the ini file to uncomment these as well but when I looked in the ext folder after install, these files are not there.
Does anyone know how to help me with this. I hope this isnt a sign of whats to come. If I cant install, I am going to have issues :roll:
Cori[/i]

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:36 pm
by feyd
you would need to install from the .zip file instead of the "installer". :) For whatever reason, the installer doesn't contain almost any extensions, kinda strange, but that's the way they decided to make the packages available. :?

Thanks

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:38 pm
by spyderwoman
I just saw that on another post. Sorry for the repost. I will give it a shot now.

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:40 pm
by feyd
we get a lot of reposts (in various forms), so we're kinda used to it. :)

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:56 pm
by spyderwoman
Do you know if there is a better document than this install.txt to explain how to do this. This document assumes that I know a lot about these files I am installing when I really know nada.

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:29 pm
by feyd
http://php.net/install has more english than geek install info. :)

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:09 am
by spyderwoman
Thanks, I uninstalled everything and am going to try to start from scratch. Cross your fingers.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:45 am
by JAM
I would like to add a personal favourite of mine aswell, the installation of extensions page. I think that installing the server software(s) themselves and adding various of extensions afterwards both are just as tricky when starting out so they both deserve mentioning.

And Good Luck.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:56 am
by spyderwoman
this will sound rediculous but when it says "extract the DISTRIBUTION FILE into a directory of your choice" does that mean extract the whole zip file or is there one particular file in there that is called the DISTRIBUTION FILE that I need to extract separately?
Thanks,
Cori

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:10 am
by feyd
the entire zip is considered the distribution file.