Adding Extensions to the php.ini file correctly

[jdgti]

Hi All,

I hope I am in the right forum, I want to add libxml2 extension which will let PHP5 use SimpleXML functions.

I am using PHP 5.2.9-1 on Windows Server 2008. I have a successful installation of IIS 7, MySQL, and PHP with a few of the dynamic installations included in the php.msi file. So I have downloaded the LibXML2 package (libxml2-2.7.3.win32) and put the libxml2.dll file in the PHP5\ext folder as I specified in the php.ini file.

Then, as I understand it, I am supposed to open the .ini file and add the line "extension=libxml2.dll" in the extensions area. In my ini file this seems to be right at the end where other extensions are added like MySQL etc. They are listed in this way:

; Local Variables:
; tab-width: 4
; End:
[PHP_GD2]
extension=php_gd2.dll
[PHP_MBSTRING]
extension=php_mbstring.dll
[PHP_MCRYPT]
extension=php_mcrypt.dll
[PHP_MYSQL]
extension=php_mysql.dll

I just added this line:

[PHP_MYSQL]
extension=php_mysql.dll
[red]entension=libxml2.dll[/red]

The test I am using to see if it works is just opening the phpinfo.php file i have added to webroot.

Before I add this line the phpinfo file works fine, but when I add this line, the file fails with this error:

"HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error
C:\PHP5\php-cgi.exe - The FastCGI process exited unexpectedly"

I'm not sure why this happening. Can anyone give me some insight on this?

Thanks.

 

[jpadie]

yup. that's how you add extensions. no magic at all.

but something is going wrong when php is instantiated. try putting libxml2 in c:\windows\system32 and see whether that works. if it does then it's a question of path variables (which we can help with, or you can live with the lib being in system32).

 

[Ferrian]

[PHP_MYSQL]
extension=php_mysql.dll
entension=libxml2.dll

You misspelled 'extension' here. Did you spell it correctly in the .ini file?

~Ben
"Insert witty statement here

 

[jdgti]

Yea. I just checked it, and I did spell it correctly in the extension file. It still errors.

Another question, when i check my phpinfo site it says I already have a libxml2 instance enabled, however, I don't seen this in my PHP5\ext folder and there are no references to libxml2 in my .ini file.

Does PHP5 automatically come with a libxml2 integration without any need for references?

 

[jpadie]

on windows the extension is compiled in by default.

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/xml.installation.php