PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library php_mysql.dll, Mac 10.6, Apache 2.2, php 5.3.0

Question

I'm trying to use the PHP CLI, and when I enter something like php test.php in the command line it returns:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/php_mysql.dll' - dlopen(/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/php_mysql.dll, 9): image not found in Unknown on line 0 
something

test.php contains:

<?php
echo 'something';
?>

I checked /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/, and as expected the .dll file isn't there. I'm a complete beginner when it comes to this - what is happening, and how can I fix it? A search of my system for "php_msyql.dll" reveals nothing. Does it have to do with how I compiled it? I don't have the original version of php that came with the mac, I think - I may have reinstalled it somewhere along the way.

Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

On Mac you should not deal with dll files as these are Windows libraries. You should check your php.ini file for any uncommented (no semicolon in front) lines like extension= under Dynamic Extensions section and make sure that all those lines are commented. Btw to find location of php.ini file type in Terminal:

$php --ini

And it will give you something self-explanatory like:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc
Loaded Configuration File: /private/etc/php.ini

Answer 2

Sorry about new account, (munchybunch here, dunno how to deal with the OpenID stuff) but I'm using Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I thought the .dll was weird too, and in that folder right now there's phpcups.so. I'm just confused as to what's causing it to look for the dll file. Is there a script being called somewhere trying to load it?