PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library

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Nenhum Pois é picture Nenhum Pois é · Dec 26, 2012 · Viewed 32.8k times · Source

I am trying to use Firebird 2.5.2.26539 with:

  • Windows 8
  • Apache 2.2.22
  • PHP 5.4.10

When i enable the extensions of firebird in php:

- extension=php_interbase.dll
- extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll

I get these errors:

[26-Dec-2012 12:08:11 UTC] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\ext\php_interbase.dll' - Impossible to locate the specified module. in Unknown on line 0

[26-Dec-2012 12:08:13 UTC] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\ext\php_pdo_firebird.dll' - Impossible to locate the specified module. in Unknown on line 0

if i make PHP -a in command line, the error message is different: cannot find fbclient.dll.

I have the flamerobin running and it opens the database. So i copy the fbclient.dll to the PHP root path. Then the errors change to:

[26-Dec-2012 11:55:46 UTC] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\ext\php_interbase.dll' - %1 is not a valid Win32 application. in Unknown on line 0

[26-Dec-2012 11:55:46 UTC] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\ext\php_pdo_firebird.dll' - %1 is not a valid Win32 application. in Unknown on line 0

Can anyone help me on this one? I suspect that this version of Firebird still does not have the correct extensions made for the PHP. Thank you.

Answer

Jan Derk picture Jan Derk · Nov 7, 2013

I am repeating the comment (which some might miss) by Nenhum Pois é above, because it is the real solution to the problem:

The problem was the fbclient.dll from the FB 64 bits installation. I just got the fbclient.dll from 32bits, copy it into the PHP root and it solved the problem

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