Topic: php5apache2_4.dll for PHP 5.6?

[sam452]

Cannot load c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll into server:

I have a working Apache 2.2 install on a Windows Server 2008 r2 that is running php 5.3.8

It’s past time to upgrade it.

Downloaded and installed Apache24 from this site and it seems to run but will not serve any PHP pages as PHP.

This server suggests it is Win64.
Installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.61030

Downloaded the latest php2_4.dll from https://www.apachelounge.com/download/additional/ which the latest seems to be for PHP 5.4.

This server has PHP 5.6.29 installed and the Windows CMD returns PHP 5.6.9 for php -v which suggests that the Environment variables are set correctly.

Yet adding the line
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll"

returns the error Cannot load c:/php/php5apache2_4.dll into server:

I sense the consensus from this post is that the .dll finds an incompatibility with Apache24.
https://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=5229

So if this php5 module is required, why do I only see versions only up to php 5.4? And how to get past this?

[admin]

Download 5.6 from http://windows.php.net/download/

[sam452]

Thank you. The latest version from windows.php.net is running on the server. But there is no php5apache2_4.dll in the download.
Is there no need for that library? If so, why would this new apache24 server not serve up PHP files? What is now needed for Apache24 to run PHP files?

[admin]

The dll is there. In the thread safe download.

[sam452]

Yes, but if was running a basic Apache PHP server I would have thought that non-thread safe would be more appropriate. Regardless, switching to thread-safe PHP 5.6 seemed to work. Thanks for the pointer.

[James Blond]

You can run the non thead safe version, but only over mod_fcgid