printer_open() gives fatal error ... Please help!

[southbeach]

I just installed WAMP on a WIN 2003 R2 running in a DELL PowerEdge 1950 Server. I managed to get all services to work fine but my PHP script where printing is done fails with a fatal error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function printer_open() in(....)

After some digging I found that this was due to php_printer.dll not being bundled and so I downloaded a zip file with a number of .dll binaries, copied the php_printer.dll to my "ext" directory and edited my php.ini file.

I then rebooted - Found that the extension is loaded but still get the fatal error. What am I missing?

PHP 5.4.3
Apache 2.2.22

Thank you all in advance for your assistance!


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[jpadie]

have you loaded, compiled and installed the pecl printer extension?

 

[southbeach]

I do not have a compiler - Truth is that I have never compiled anything in windows since Clipper III and Clipper had its own compiler (goes back to 1988/89)

Where can I find the source? It is not here

http://pecl.php.net/packages.php?catpid=25&catname=PHP

Of course, can you suggest a compiler?

Thanks!



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[southbeach]

Further, I found this page

http://www.php.net/manual/en/printer.installation.php

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[jpadie]

can you post or link to a phpinfo() page?

also I don't think that the windows binaries were ever recompiled for php 5.4.3 as the release only lasted a few weeks. so whatever binaries you have downloaded may well not work.

I suggest that you update your php install to 5.4.8 which is the latest current release and for which binaries have been created for extensions on windows.