PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library

[Former Member]

Hello,

I'm been trying to get PHP working with the sqlanywhere.so module and I get the following message. PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library

PHP 5.2.17
Mac: O/S X : 10.6.6
Server version: Apache/2.2.15 (Unix)
Zend Server:

Sybase Version 7.0

In phpInfo(), it shows that my sqlanywhere.so extension is in the proper extension_dir, and the php.ini file shows that the extension is suppost to be loaded.

I've downloaded the latest module threaded version from the sybase website (ver 5.3.5) threaded and still doesn't work. In addition I've also tried to manually compile the extension and paste into my extension_dir, but get the same error.

Also my LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set in my env and does point to the library files, so when i run say ./dbsrv12 it works.

Please help this is very frustrating

[graeme_perrow]

When you say "Sybase Version 7.0", what do you mean? I'm pretty sure we didn't have a PHP module in SQL Anywhere Studio 7.0, and you do mention dbsrv12, which implies that you're using SA version 12.

[Former Member]

Sorry for the confusion, at work we have a Sybase database version 7, and yes I am using SA version 12

[MarkCulp]

This is still confusing me - what does "we have a Sybase database version 7" mean? Does this mean that your database was created with version 7 or does this mean that your company owns a license for version 7 (but that you have downloaded a dev-ed version of SA 12)? Please explain.

Note we ask because dbsrv12 cannot start a version 7 database.

[Former Member]

Our database was created with version 7 and I have downloaded a dev-ed of SA 12.

I would still like to be able to install the PHP module however, because they are currently migrating over to the latest database version of sybase.

[Former Member]

When you say you downloaded the binary for version 5.3.5, it's important to note that the version you download must match the PHP version you have (this is why there are so many versions posted). You indicated that you have PHP version 5.2.17, so you should download the version of our library compiled for PHP version 5.2.17...which I see we don't actually have posted at the moment for some reason (we do have it available if needed).

Anyway, since you're on a Mac, the posted binaries won't work. However, I feel that it's an important point to make.

[Former Member]

Ok good to know.. the documentation says to always download the latest version, but I guess that doesn't matter for the mac and I need to use the dylib files.

[Former Member]

Yes, sorry. The word "version" here means a couple of things. The "version" that the doc refers to relates specifically to our code. In that respect, all of the ones that are posted on the web site are always the latest version. The "PHP version" column in the table refers to the version of PHP, which is independent of our code.