Map object not intialized by ms_newMapObj in windows xp

[Liangxu Wang]

try load phpmapscript in php.ini.
then test if php_info()'s result include mapscript information.
> I'm facing a problem with running php mapscript in my new notebook with
> windows xp sp2,
> apache 1.3.23 and php 4.3.8 and mapscript from mapserver-4.2.3-win32-
> php4.3.7.
>
> My machine has got only one user account i.e. me as an administrator. It
> has dialup networking
> enabled and has broadband and wireless networking but they are not used.
> I've not configured
> any home office network etc. as when i tried to do so my apache started
> giving problem and
> i was not able to access localhost or run php. But they are running fine
> all php scripts
> execute properly except for this mapscript.
> I've enabled full drive for all users. But still no improvement.
>
> Whenever i execute it is giving me an error stating
> "call to Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in
> c:\softwares\apache group\apache\
> htdocs\rnd\test2.php on line 15"
>
> where line 15 has the following code:
>
> $image=$map->draw();
>
> and the previous lines have
> dl("php_mapscript_42.dll");
> $map_path="c:/softwares/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/rnd/";
>
> $map = ms_newMapObj($map_path."example1-1.map");
>
> I've tested using phpinfo() that the mapscript dll is loading absolutely
> perfectly.
>
> The same code with the same map file the first one from the mapserver
> tutorial runs absolutely
> fine on my desktop with win xp sp2 and all other similar softwares.
>
> This is probably a permission issue but i tested reading a file from php
> script and it works
> perfectly. I even copied the map and data files into the shared documents
> folder but still
> it won't work. What is the cause?
>
> Any help would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Arunoday Chatterjee
>