Oh and if you're running Apache as a service, then you will have to reboot your computer after modifying the system PATH. Simply restarting the service won't be enough. This is because all Windows services load system variables (including PATH) when Windows first starts, and as far as I know there's no way to force a reload except for a reboot. Just FYI. --Kris On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Have you checked your PATH? If you've installed a previous (i.e. 5.2.x) > version of PHP using the MSI installer earlier, then it's possible that the > install directory was never removed from your system PATH (the MSI installer > doesn't do this automatically as far as I know). It has been my experience > that this can lead to problems loading extensions from the correct location, > even if you specify the absolute path in php.ini. > > > I would recommend you remove any and all PHP installs from your global > system PATH, then add the path to your current 5.3.6 install. > > > If that doesn't work, I would suggest you run Process Monitor to get a > closer look at what exactly is happening when this error occurs (it's a free > download from Microsoft; just do a Google search for it if you don't already > have it). Add an "include" filter by process name for "php.exe", then clear > the display (if necessary) and make sure it's capturing events. Then try > reproducing your error again. This should tell you what's happening. If > you're not sure how to interpret the data, export it to CSV format and > upload to a webserver somewhere and post a link here, and I'd be happy to > take a look. =) > > > > --Kris > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Joye [mailto:pierre.php@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 11:33 AM > To: Sascha Meyer > Cc: Curtis Tammany; php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PHP Startup: Unable to initialize module > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Sascha Meyer <harlequin2@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > Could you check which php.ini is loaded via phpinfo()? I assume you have > a > > > php.ini somewhere in your Windows directory pointing to the wrong > directory. > > > > For what I see in the error, it is the other way 'round. 5.2 is loaded > > and trying to load 5.3 extensions. > > > > -- > > Pierre > > > > @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >