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["Frank M. Kromann" <frank AT kromann.info>]

Hi Denny,

Check the output from phpinfo(); the top section shows where it expect to
find php.ini. 
The .ini file must be readable by the user account you use fro apache
(nobody or whatevr you configured).

- Frank
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> Thank you. I was able to get the mssql_ calls working. Both by using
the
> dl() function, and by compiling php such that the mssql library was not
a
> shared library (--with-mssql=/usr/local/freetds).
> 
> However, I could not get the settings in the php.ini file to take
effect.
> This is one thing that has always confused me about PHP on OS X -- it
> doesn't seem to use a php.ini file. By default there is a
php.ini.default in
> /private/etc/ . I saved a copy as php.ini, recompiled php with the
correct
> path, and restarted apache. This had no apparent effect.
> 
> Can someone explain what OS X uses in lieu of php.ini?
> 
> Also, can anyone recommend a good resource for configuring a PHP
> installation? Normally, I think the php.net documentation is excellent,
but
> I think it falls a bit short in this area.
> 
> Again, I apologize for wandering off-topic. I'll take any further
queries
> off-line or to another forum.
> 
> Thank you for the help,
> 
> Denny
> 
> 
> On 8/22/05 1:31 PM, "Daniel Fazekas" <fdsubs AT t-online.hu> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Aug 22, 2005, at 16:31, Dennis Crall wrote:
> > 
> >> --with-iodbc=/usr --with-mssql=shared,/usr/local/freetds  
--with-apxs
> > [...]
> >> However, when I make a call to one of PHP's mssql_ functions, I
> >> receive the
> >> following error: "Fatal error: Call to undefined function:
> >> mssql_connect()".
> > 
> > That sounds simple enough. Since you instructed php's configure
> > script to build the mssql extension as a dynamically loadable shared
> > library, you'll have to tell it to actually load it.
> > There are many ways and places to do that; one of the advantages of
> > having extensions in a shared library.
> > 
> > You can add a line saying
> > extension=mssql.so
> > to your php.ini file. You told php to look for that in /etc, so it
> > should be in /etc/php.ini
> > 
> > Also make sure your extension_dir setting points to the right place.
> > If you don't mess with it and just let php use its defaults, it will
> > automatically point to the correct folder.
> > 
> > Since you are using Apache 1, as an alternate option, the dl()
> > function is also available. You can write dl('mssql.so'); inside your
> > php script to load it.
> > 
> > Check your PHP manual for even more places and ways to load a shared
> > extension if you are so inclined.
> > 
> >> Is anyone using FreeTDS to support the mssql functionality in PHP
> >> on OS X?
> > 
> > It's the only option for building the PHP mssql extension on Mac OS X
> > - or any other Unix system, for that matter.
> > 
> > --
> > fds
> > 
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