[mapserver-users] Fatal error: Call to undefined function dl() in C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\phpmapscript.php on line 5

Tue Dec 1 08:20:36 EST 2009

geetha at ttkmaps.com wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
>   I tried to install php/mapscript in windows,I get the above error.I 
> use mapserver version 5.4.2,Apache 2.2.11,PHP 5.3.Php works fine.Im able 
> to run files with .php extension,but the below coding produces error:
> 
> <HTML>
> <BODY>
> 
> <?php
> dl("php_mapscript.dll");
> phpinfo();
> ?>
> 
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
> 
> My php_mapscript.dll is in ..php/ext folder by default.My php.ini & 
> php.exe is in /ms4w/Apache/cgi-bin.Is there any other dll i should 
> add?It is said php/mapscript is preconfigured right...then what might be 
> wrong?Thanks in advance.
> 
> NewUser.
> 

Hello NewUser,

Since PHP version 5.3.0 you can no longer use PHP's dl() function (it 
has been deprecated and removed as noted in 
http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php).

In MS4W version 3.0 the mapscript dll is already enabled, through the 
php.ini

If you have any questions regarding MS4W, please use the MS4W email list 
(subscribe at http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/ms4w-users).

-jeff

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Jeff McKenna
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