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Problems with running php

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:16 am
by potatohead


i was unable to get php to run on pws on win98. its pws v4.0 and i installed php according to the readme, using several of the options - failing completely, then i downloaded the installer, and it still doesnt work. i have a german sys, so the error message is in german. the server seems to understand that php is something different, but it cant find a library (which has been mapped in the registry, i checked).

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Ein der für die Ausführung dieser Anwendung notwendige Bibliothekdateien kann nicht gefunden werden.
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A library file, necessary for running this application, could not be found.
thanx for any help,

Tom

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:23 am
by volka
often it is php4ts.dll that cannot be found
install.txt wrote: You need to ensure that the dlls which php uses can be found. The precise dlls involved depend on which web server you use and whether you want to run php as a cgi or as a server module. php4ts.dll is always used.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:30 am
by potatohead
volka wrote:often it is php4ts.dll that cannot be found
install.txt wrote: You need to ensure that the dlls which php uses can be found. The precise dlls involved depend on which web server you use and whether you want to run php as a cgi or as a server module. php4ts.dll is always used.
the file's there, but do i need to define another path to make it available? and yes, i can run php as a cgi, it doesnt do anything, but it runs.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:32 am
by volka
aye, the text of install.txt continues with
To make sure that the dlls can be found, you can either copy them to the system directory (e.g. winnt/system32 or windows/system) ...
c:\windows\system applies to win98.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:41 am
by potatohead
volka wrote:aye, the text of install.txt continues with
To make sure that the dlls can be found, you can either copy them to the system directory (e.g. winnt/system32 or windows/system) ...
c:\windows\system applies to win98.
doh! :roll:

either i have to get glasses, or actually read the readme file... :wink:


<span style='color:blue' title='I&#39;m naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span>: das verdammte pws will es einfach nicht schlucken, es heist, eine "Eine DLL-Initialisierungsroutine ist fehlgeschlagen". wassisn jetzt los? 8O

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:48 am
by twigletmac
Lots of people seem to have prob's with PWS and PHP - you may want to consider using Apache as your web server - much less painful.

Mac

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 12:39 pm
by potatohead
twigletmac wrote:Lots of people seem to have prob's with PWS and PHP - you may want to consider using Apache as your web server - much less painful.

Mac
sigh...alright then. :roll:

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 5:05 pm
by McGruff
easyphp.org - apache/mysql/php in one easy to install bundle

Think you might have to remove PWS first though - both try to use same port or something.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 2:07 am
by twigletmac
McGruff wrote:Think you might have to remove PWS first though - both try to use same port or something.
Or you could just turn PWS off...

Mac

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 10:42 am
by potatohead
twigletmac wrote:
McGruff wrote:Think you might have to remove PWS first though - both try to use same port or something.
Or you could just turn PWS off...

Mac
thanx for the tip, but im smart enough to figure that out myself... :roll:

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 11:42 am
by twigletmac
potatohead wrote:
twigletmac wrote:
McGruff wrote:Think you might have to remove PWS first though - both try to use same port or something.
Or you could just turn PWS off...

Mac
thanx for the tip, but im smart enough to figure that out myself... :roll:
I wasn't trying to insult your intelligence, just thought I'd point out that nobody has to uninstall PWS to install Apache - it's a fairly common misconception.

Mac