[thelist] RE: loading mysqli extension with IIS

[Theodore Serbinski]

> and now i want to add the mysqli extension. so i download the 
> dll and extract it to c:\PHP\. i go into php.ini and add the 
> extension dir as c:\PHP\ and add extension=php_mysqli.dll. 
> restart server. load up phpinfo() and i get the error "Unable 
> to load dynamic library 'c:\PHP\php_mysqli.dll' - The 
> specified module could not be found". how can this not be 
> found it is right in that directory???

ahh turns out you also need the libmysqli.dll file. didn't know
this extension required both. works now finally! boy was that a
simple setup of PHP5/MySQL/IIS now that i look back.

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