Comments on: PHP Windows install: Unable to load dynamic library php_mssql.dll, php_pspell.dll etc

By: Kenan Gökbak

Kenan Gökbak — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:57:06 +0000

Thank you.Finally i have solved problem.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:47:38 +0000

Thank you! it helped a lot on a deployment I had to do. It was very confusing the fact of seeing the “unable to load dynamic library php_mssql.dll” error, having the file placed on the right dir. I didn’t know that what it really means is that the file “ntwdblib.dll” is what is missing.

Thanks again!

By: roy

roy — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:15:41 +0000

I have an odd problem. Before, I couldn’t even get my code to “run as php script” (when right mouse button clicking and then selecting “run as php script”, NOTHING happened. And I didn’t even get an error). BUT running as php web page DOES work.
NOW, (suddenly, I don’t know what happened), I can manage to run code as php script, but, the “debug output” is weird: the HTML tags texts appear as they are: , etc…
AND the “console” gives me there errors (which I didn’t understand how to resolve):

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘C:\Users\Roy Peled\Desktop\eclipse\plugins\org.zend.php.debug.debugger.win32.x86_5.2.15.v20081217\resources\php5\ext\php_msql.dll’ – The specified module could not be found.
in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘C:\Users\Roy Peled\Desktop\eclipse\plugins\org.zend.php.debug.debugger.win32.x86_5.2.15.v20081217\resources\php5\ext\php_mssql.dll’ – The specified module could not be found.
in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘C:\Users\Roy Peled\Desktop\eclipse\plugins\org.zend.php.debug.debugger.win32.x86_5.2.15.v20081217\resources\php5\ext\php_pdo_mssql.dll’ – The specified module could not be found.
in Unknown on line 0

By: Abel Braaksma

Abel Braaksma — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:39:54 +0000

Glad it helped you, Sascha, I share your feelings about how a nuisance this is if you’re left with clueless errors.

By: Sascha

Sascha — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:25:36 +0000

You made my day After two weekends of headache when trying to make Apache 2 / PHP 5.2.13 talk to my MSSQL server, copying ntwdblib.dll to Apache’s bin directory finally fixed the error!
Thanks a lot, your work is greatly appreciated!!

Regards, Sascha

By: Illarion

Illarion — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:02:03 +0000

It`s vary good post! I find it this post my solution. Then, I change my php.ini! Thank you!
P.S. Sorry for my terrible English, because I`m from Russia.

By: Abel Braaksma

Abel Braaksma — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:36:09 +0000

Glad to be someone’s hero at last!

Indeed, the installer version is terribly thin and incomplete compared to the ZIP version. And there really is no reason that I can think of that it has to be this way.

By: Chris Gernon

Chris Gernon — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:21:11 +0000

YOU ARE MY NEW HERO!

Was losing my mind trying to get the MS SQL driver working with PHP. Gradually starting to realize why everyone says to use the zip version and avoid the installer version.

By: chartmann

chartmann — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:17:50 +0000

I spent almost two hours trying to figure this out.

Thank you for the thorough explanation.

By: Abel Braaksma

Abel Braaksma — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:35:04 +0000

Agreed, but only do so if you do not need the PostGre SQL driver. Otherwise, see my instructions above to fix it to get it working.