when I try to run my unit tests, I get this error
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'bz2'
(tried: \xampp\php\ext\bz2 (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_bz2.dll (The specified module could not be found.))
in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic
library 'curl' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\curl (The specified module could
not be found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_curl.dll (The specified module
could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup:
Unable to load dynamic library 'fileinfo' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\fileinfo (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_fileinfo.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to
load dynamic library 'gd2' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\gd2 (The specified
module could not be found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_gd2.dll (The specified
module could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP
Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'gettext' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\gettext (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_gettext.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to
load dynamic library 'mbstring' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\mbstring (The
specified module could not be found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_mbstring.dll
(The specified module could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'exif' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\exif (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_exif.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to
load dynamic library 'mysqli' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\mysqli (The
specified module could not be found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll
(The specified module could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'pdo_mysql'
(tried: \xampp\php\ext\pdo_mysql (The specified module could not be
found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_pdo_mysql.dll (The specified module could
not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable
to load dynamic library 'pdo_sqlite' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\pdo_sqlite
(The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_pdo_sqlite.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to
load dynamic library 'php_openssl.dll' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\php_openssl.dll (The specified module could not be
found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_php_openssl.dll.dll (The specified module
could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup:
Unable to load dynamic library 'php_ftp.dll' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\php_ftp.dll (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_php_ftp.dll.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: Cannot open
'\xampp\php\extras\browscap.ini' for reading in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'bz2' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\bz2 (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_bz2.dll (The specified module could not be found.))
in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\curl (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_curl.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'fileinfo' (tried: \xampp\php\ext\fileinfo (The specified module could not be
found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_fileinfo.dll (The specified module could
not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'gd2' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\gd2 (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_gd2.dll (The specified module could not be found.))
in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'gettext' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\gettext (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_gettext.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mbstring'
(tried: \xampp\php\ext\mbstring (The specified module could not be
found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_mbstring.dll (The specified module could
not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'exif' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\exif (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_exif.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mysqli' (tried:
\xampp\php\ext\mysqli (The specified module could not be found.),
\xampp\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll (The specified module could not be
found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'pdo_mysql'
(tried: \xampp\php\ext\pdo_mysql (The specified module could not be
found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_pdo_mysql.dll (The specified module could
not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'pdo_sqlite'
(tried: \xampp\php\ext\pdo_sqlite (The specified module could not be
found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_pdo_sqlite.dll (The specified module could
not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_openssl.dll'
(tried: \xampp\php\ext\php_openssl.dll (The specified module could not
be found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_php_openssl.dll.dll (The specified
module could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_ftp.dll'
(tried: \xampp\php\ext\php_ftp.dll (The specified module could not be
found.), \xampp\php\ext\php_php_ftp.dll.dll (The specified module
could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0
Could somebody help me ? Thanks.
Running in PHPstorm, Win 10
Best Answer
You may need to edit your
php.ini
file and restart the server. Add absolute paths inphp.ini
configuration. It worked for xampp server in my windows 8.1 machine.example:
extension_dir="\xampp\php\ext"
toextension_dir="C:\xampp\php\ext"
Reference: How to fix PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'ext\\php_curl.dll'?