Topic: Apache install path with ';' - Error in PHP configuration

[aravindtj]

Hi,

I am customizing and bundling the Apache 2.0.59 & PHP 4 instances with my application.

When I install Apache in Windows 2003 Server R2 [32 bit] system under a path contains a semicolon character, for example, "C:/my; applications/webserver/" path, I am getting issues. I am installaing Apache as a Windows Service under Local System Account and while starting the service, I am getting 'Unable To Locate Component : This application has failed to start because libapr.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.' error.

When I start Apache in command prompt, I am getting following error:

Syntax error on line 184 of C:/my; applications/webserver/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load C:/my; applications/webserver/php/php4apache2.dll into server: The specified module could not be found.

The PHP configuration strings in the httpd.conf folder is:

LoadModule php4_module "C:/my; applications/webserver/php/php4apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .sgp
PHPIniDir "C:/my; applications/webserver/apache"

In the system events message, I am getting event ID: 7009 and the event message as:

Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the My_WebServer service to connect.

Here, My_WebServer is the apache service name. There are no apache instances running in this system.

The odd thing is, I am NOT getting this issue in the Windows XP SP2 systems.

Is there any solution or workaround for this issue. Or, am I doing anything wrong in my setup?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Aravind T.

[jonez]

why do you have a ";" in your filename? do you really need that? also, I recommend not using *any* pathnames with spaces in them.

[aravindtj]

Yes, I really need my application path with ';' character and blank spaces.
With the blank spaces in path, it is working correctly.
The issue is with ';' character only.
Is there any other way to correct this issue?
In a PHP IRC channel, I was adviced to migrate to PHP 5. I will think of this in future. But it will be nice, if I can resolve this with PHP 4.

[tdonovan]

Maybe Apache cannot find your php4ts.dll file.

It should be in your PATH, but if it isn't you can use the LoadFile diretive as described in this post.

-tom-

p.s. I think jonez is right - even if the semicolon isn't the problem this time, it will probably be the cause of some future grief.

[glsmith]

I agree .. future grief .. especially since the semi-colon is the separator in the PATH environment This may have already been said .. if so .. appologies

[PipoDeClown]

Is it possible to start httpd.exe from the commandline?

Maybe the service thing in windows just does not understand the semicolon in the path.
Its a bad idea to use those kind of characters in a path anyway!

imagine:
PATH="C:\WINDOWS;C:\My ; Programs;C:\Tools"

[aravindtj]

No, I cannot start Apache either from commandline or from services console.