Can't install wordpress, mysql extensions won't load?

1. yes, my machine has been rebooted many times since also, I have run a special PHP file I put together with the following commands to ensure PHP was running and with my ini file.

<?php 

echo phpinfo();

$inipath = php_ini_loaded_file();

if ($inipath) {
    echo 'Loaded php.ini: ' . $inipath;
} else {
    echo 'A php.ini file is not loaded';
}

?>

all seems OK.

2. I have set

extension_dir = "C:\PHP\ext" in the ini file.

un-commented

extension=php_mysql.dll
extension=php_mysqli.dll

I have also ensured IIS IUSR has access to the PHP folder and the sub folder ext with ‘full control’, also the ext folder does contain the php_mysql.dll file.

I’ve ensured the environment variables are set and that the PHP folder contains the libmysql.dll

So from what I can tell no , it isn’t missing?

Got any other ideas?

Where would I see this? under what section. A quick scan of the doc for ‘extension’ only throws up this match

extension_dir C:\PHP\ext C:\PHP\ext

The path shown for the ini file being used is correct with that code I showed….

1Loaded php.ini: C:\PHP\php.ini

So it seems to be reading the correct php.ini file, what sort of mistake might I need to look for if the extensions section is being ignored?

huh? I’ve done that with this code…

<?php 

echo phpinfo();

$inipath = php_ini_loaded_file();

if ($inipath) {
    echo 'Loaded php.ini: ' . $inipath;
} else {
    echo 'A php.ini file is not loaded';
}

?>

So where am I looking in the result for the extensions and if they aren’t showing , what might be wrong with my php.ini file?

Nope, only ODBC.

Why not is the puzzler?

Thanks but still no go…infact I did the php_mbstring.dll for PHPMyAdmin, yet I still get…

The mbstring PHP extension was not found and you seem to be using a multibyte charset. Without the mbstring extension phpMyAdmin is unable to split strings correctly and it may result in unexpected results.

I’ve even copied all the extensions to the C:\PHP folder as someone suggests including the php_mbstring.dll extension but still no dice.

Interesting though… I decided to uncomment ALL SQL extensions , and lo and behold, I now have MS SQL extensions loaded just no mySQL, what is wrong with PHP 5?

On a side note, can you confirm if it’s possible to run both IIS & Apache or XAMPP on the same server? I’m assuming on any one box you can only run one web server

That’s what I thoguht which means if I can’t get it to run on IIS it’s not an option.

I have one production server runnign IIS & MS SQL, with over 40+ websites for 35+ companies, mission critical applications etc.

This is all running under windows on IIS, so apache, XAMPP or any other webserver is NOT an option.

oh well I was looking forward to getting my teeth into WordPress, guess I need to consider alteratives instead.

Never rains does it!

It’s ok , got it working.

Had nothing to do with needing IIS help, it was the fact the PHP zip files are corrupt and have the wrong files in them or missing files.

I managed to get it working by cribing files form both v5.2.14 & v5.3.3 zip files.

Total nightmare but got there in the end.

Cheers,
1DMF.