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Bug #42513 extensions_dir syntax bug
Submitted: 2007-09-01 18:28 UTC Modified: 2007-09-03 09:19 UTC
From: mshockle at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.2.4 OS: windows xp
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-09-01 18:28 UTC] mshockle at gmail dot com 
Description:
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on windows xp running apache 2.2.4, with php 5.2.4.4 (and earlier versions IIRC) if extension_dir is 

extension_dir = "E:\php\ext"
it cannot load any modules located therein, this is also true for ./ and other relative paths. However

extension_dir = E:\php\ext

works fine, and similarly with all other circumstances.

this occurred with php_mysql, php_mysqli, php_mbstring, and any other module I installed.

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 [2007-09-03 08:12 UTC] jani@php.net 
What SAPI are you using? (I can't reproduce this..)
 [2007-09-03 08:14 UTC] mshockle at gmail dot com 
php5apache2_2.dll
 [2007-09-03 08:18 UTC] jani@php.net 
And you're saying that when you include double slashes (") around the path it doesn't work? I find that hard to believe since it doesn't really matter if you have them or not as long as your path doesn't contain spaces..
 [2007-09-03 08:22 UTC] mshockle at gmail dot com 
Meh, just thought i'd pass it along. I used the zip package of the win32 build for this version, and on apache 2.2 i encountered a problem with ANY directory including the PWD until I removed any quotes, then apache magically understood where it all went.
 [2007-09-03 09:11 UTC] jani@php.net 
So not even "./" works? Can you check with CLI? I tried this and it works fine:

php.ini:

extension_dir = "./ext"
extension = php_pdo.dll

I just unpacked the zip and run the php.exe in the same dir with the php.ini in the same dir:

php -m

And it lists PDO, no errors.
 [2007-09-03 09:16 UTC] mshockle at gmail dot com 
Hmm, it has been suggested to me that the issue might have been with the editor used to edit the *.ini (notepad++); I did the CLI just for kicks, and it works good too. Sorry for wasting time, disregard as bogus I suppose.
 [2007-09-03 09:19 UTC] jani@php.net 
As requested. (I used notepad btw. :)
 
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