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  > > Syntax error on line 12 of C:/Program Files/Apache
  > > Group/Apache2/Conf/httpd.conf:
  > > Cannot load C:/php/php4apache2.dll into server: The specified module
  > > could not be found
  > >
 > It says it can't find a file called php4apache2.dll, which is on your C
 > drive, in the /php/ directory. Find out where that file is, and copy it to
 > the correct place.

Thanks Terry,
I've searched my C drive and that file doesn't seem to exist. I've installed
PHP 5 so are you sure I should even need php4apache2.dll ? I guess it's for
backwards-compatability or something??

Either way it looks like I need that file. I've tried google and I've tried
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.php.net" target="_blank">www.php.net</a> but I can't seem to find that file for individual download. Any
ideas where I can find that?

Thanks again Terry
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"Yonnermark" <yonnermark DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in
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 >
   >> > Syntax error on line 12 of C:/Program Files/Apache
   >> > Group/Apache2/Conf/httpd.conf:
   >> > Cannot load C:/php/php4apache2.dll into server: The specified
   >> > module could not be found
   >> >
  >> It says it can't find a file called php4apache2.dll, which is on your
  >> C drive, in the /php/ directory. Find out where that file is, and
  >> copy it to the correct place.
 >
 > Thanks Terry,
 > I've searched my C drive and that file doesn't seem to exist. I've
 > installed PHP 5 so are you sure I should even need php4apache2.dll ?
 > I guess it's for backwards-compatability or something??
 >
 > Either way it looks like I need that file. I've tried google and I've
 > tried <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.php.net" target="_blank">www.php.net</a> but I can't seem to find that file for individual
 > download. Any ideas where I can find that?
 >
I'm far from an expert on these things, and don't use PHP5 due to
incompatibility with the webmail script I use. Plus, I use a package called
Xampp that has PHP, MySQL and Apache 2 all integrated in a single install
package, so I didn't have to set anything up.

But, when I compare the two httpd.conf files, for PHP4 and PHP5, I find
that file being loaded for PHP4, but not for PHP5. In the httpd.conf for
PHP5, the same spot is loading php5apache2.dll. So, at a guess, you were
using instructions that were either for PHP4, or simply had an error. Try
searching for php5apache2.dll, and if you find it, change the reference to
that.

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 > Plus, I use a package called
 > Xampp that has PHP, MySQL and Apache 2 all integrated in a single install
 > package, so I didn't have to set anything up.

I was going to go down that route but I think both php.net and the apache
website also recommends a manual install over combination packages. But I'm
not a heavy user and if it works for you I think I'll give it a go also.

 > Try
 > searching for php5apache2.dll, and if you find it, change the reference to
 > that.

I actually didn't understand that suggestion. What is the reference that you
refer to?

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"Yonnermark" <yonnermark RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in
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  >> Plus, I use a package called
  >> Xampp that has PHP, MySQL and Apache 2 all integrated in a single
  >> install package, so I didn't have to set anything up.
 >
 > I was going to go down that route but I think both php.net and the
 > apache website also recommends a manual install over combination
 > packages. But I'm not a heavy user and if it works for you I think
 > I'll give it a go also.

The apache folks and the PHP folks are both excessively cautious about such
things, for good reasons (for them). But those reasons don't necessarily
appliy to everyone.

No package is better than the people who put it together, but the xampp
folks are actively supporting it, and there aren't too many problems (and
those usually get fixed quickly). I'd recommend them, unless you have lives
or more money than you can afford to lose at stake on its utter
realibility. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://apachefriends.org/" target="_blank">http://apachefriends.org/</a>

Takes less time to install than to download (and I'm on a T-1). Be sure to
look up the forum, if you have any issues.
 >
  >> Try
  >> searching for php5apache2.dll, and if you find it, change the
  >> reference to that.
 >
 > I actually didn't understand that suggestion. What is the reference
 > that you refer to?
 >
The error you are receiving is from Apache trying to load a file called
php4apache2.dll. It is told to do so by the httpd.conf file, which I'm
assuming you know how to find because you can't have gotten to this point
without having edited it already.

What you need to do (I think) is open up that httpd.conf file, and do a
search for that file name. You should find two lines, probably:

LoadFile "c:/apachefriends/xampp/apache/bin/php4ts.dll"
LoadModule php4_module "c:/apachefriends/xampp/apache/bin/php4apache2.dll"

They may or may not be together.

Change the php4 in both of them to php5. Leave the rest alone.

Those are the only differences I see in the two httpd.conf files I have
(xampp comes with templates for both PHP4 and PHP5).

You'll have to stop and restart Apache for the changes to take effect.

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<snip very useful recommendation of Xapp (thanks)>

 > What you need to do (I think) is open up that httpd.conf file, and do a
 > search for that file name. You should find two lines, probably:
 >
 > LoadFile "c:/apachefriends/xampp/apache/bin/php4ts.dll"
 > LoadModule php4_module "c:/apachefriends/xampp/apache/bin/php4apache2.dll"
 >
 > They may or may not be together.
 >
 > Change the php4 in both of them to php5. Leave the rest alone.

Aha!! Makes sense now, thanks a lot for that.

First thing is to try the change to the httpd.conf file (I've come this far)
and if I have any trouble with that I'll go straight over to Xapp

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