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How do I load extensions in IIS5 with PHP 4.2.3?

Nov 18th, 2002 18:03
Chris Z,

In my case I'm using Windows2000 with IIS5, and wwwroot was on my D: 
drive (D:\Inetpub\wwwroot). After you get php running using the 
installer for windows, you'll want to enable some extensions, and this 
is where the problems began but I figured it out. You can copy your 
extensions to your C:\winnt\system32 folder or you can copy them to 
C:\php\extensions directory. I put mine in c:\php\extensions because it 
makes it easier to find and update later. It doesn't matter where you 
put this folder so long as two things happen. First, edit your php.ini 
file found in C:\winnt\ to point to the correct directory for your 
extensions. Second, you need to edit your permissions on your 
Extensions folder and allow the computername_IUSR (the local account 
that IIS creates on your machine) to read and read/execute and this was 
satisfactory enough to not get the access denied messages. Next go your 
page where you have the phpinfo () function and see if your modules 
load without error. This should do the trick.

I did run across one problem loading the snmp module (php_snmp.dll). It 
seems that when this loads you get an error at the bottom of you 
phpinfo page starting with:   "Cannot find module (IP-MIB): At line 0 
in (none)..." and so on. If you used the windows installer you'll need 
to download the zip package, which you should already have if your 
loading extensions. In this zip file you'll find a "mibs" directory. 
Since my website is on the D: drive I created a folder called "usr" and 
copied this mibs folder into it (D:\usr\mibs\). Once I did this all 
those errors went away. I would assume that you might need to do the 
same thing if your website is being hosted off your c: drive, although 
I'm not sure. I hope this helps.