[ka-Map-users] Newbie: Need help with IIS configuration???

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:33:52PM -0400, Paul Spencer wrote:
> >Warning: dl() [function.dl]: Not supported in multithreaded Web  
> >servers - use extension=php_mapscript_46.dll in your php.ini in C: 
> >\ka-map-1.0\htdocs\init.php on line 118
> >
> >Fatal error: Call to undefined function ms_newMapObj() in C:\ka- 
> >map-1.0\htdocs\init.php on line 124
> 
> Extensions to PHP can be compiled into the PHP executable (common on  
> linux) or can be compiled as external libraries (dlls) and loaded  
> dynamically.  There are two ways to dynamically load an extension,  
> one is to add extension= in php.ini and the other is to use dl() in  
> the code.  ka-Map's init.php should be checking to see if 'MapScript'  
> is already loaded before it tries to use the dl() function.  This  
> means that, despite your best intentions, your php.ini is either  
> flawed or not being used for some reason.  To confirm this, you can:
> 
> 1. extend your hello world to call some function only available in an  
> extension that is not already part of PHP
> 2. run it to confirm that it fails
> 3. modify your php.ini to load the extension
> 4. re-run the test to see if it works.  If it does work, then there  
> is something wrong with the mapscript extension.   If it doesn't work  
> then there is something wrong with your IIS configuration.
> 

Note that something you can use in this case would be the 'phpinfo()'
call -- view the output, and check it for a 'mapscript' section. (And a
'gd' section, too.)

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer