Subject Re: [firebird-php] Installing firebird php 5.25
Author Lester Caine
alivingstone70 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to PHP and I'm trying to get it to load the interbase/firebird
> extensions.
>
> I am using windows IISv4.
>
> I installed PHP using the msi installer and selected the interbase
> option.
>
> This added the section [PHP_INTERBASE]to the php.ini file.
> Also in the ext directory within php - php_interbase.dll file was
> added. I have renamed the fbclient.dll to gds32.dll within system32.
>
> Is there anything else I have to do?
>
> When I test any scripts or run the phpinfo command I do not see
> interbase.
>
> e.g. running ibwebadmin produces a number of errors of which one
> is "Your php installation misses the interbase support".
>
> Any ideas?

Have you actually uncommented the php_interbase.dll entry in php.ini?
Also make sure you delete the gds32.dll that comes with PHP.

I have never used IIS but as I understand it SHOULD work OK. I've not had any
problem with Apache and PHP5 on windows.

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