Posted by Andy Hassall on 11/11/05 02:32

On 10 Nov 2005 14:54:31 -0800, william.clarke@gmail.com wrote:

>Step 2: Copy libmysql.dll and libmysqli.dll from the [PHP_HOME]
> directory (in my case "C:\Apache2\modules\php" because
> I'm using WinLAMP) into the [WINDOWS]\[SYSTEM]
> directory (in my case "C:\Windows\System32").

No, don't do that.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.extensions.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php#faq.installation.addtopath

"The PHP manual used to promote the copying of files into the Windows system
directory, this is because this directory (C:\Windows, C:\WINNT, etc.) is by
default in the systems PATH. Copying files into the Windows system directory
has long since been deprecated and may cause problems."
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