PHPIniDir broken under windows 7?

I had a server running on a windows xp machine using apache2 with php and mysql. I've recently upgraded to windows 7 and have been having trouble getting it to work. Apache works fine and php works, but I can't seem to get it to work with a php.ini file.

When I set PHPIniDir to a directory with a php.ini file, the Apache service does NOT start. When I set PHPIniDir to a directory with NO php.ini file, the Apache service does start. When I leave out PHPIniDir, the Apache service does not start.

Has anyone found a fix for this problem? Thanks!

EDIT:

PHPIniDir "C:\Windows" #works (no php.ini file)

PHPIniDir "C:\Program Files (x86)\php\" #does not work (contains php.ini file)

i enable at most one at any given time.

There are several reasons:

Old version of Apache and/or PHP. Apache 2.2.13/2.2.14 seem to work fine in Windows 7, as well as PHP 5.2.11/5.3.
Some of PHP extensions may cause the Apache startup failure. You may either check Apache's log files or enable 'display_startup_errors' in php.ini (when it's enabled you may use ApacheMonitor.exe to start or stop the Apache service, and if an error occurs, it'll display a message). You may also disable all PHP extensions and if it helps start enabling them one by one and see which one is causing the problem.
Imho, make sure you've downloaded an archive of PHP and didn't use the automated installer. In my experience, installers never worked well. You can always add two PHP-related directives (PHPIniDir and LoadModule) into Apache's config file and make sure PHP dir is included in Windows' path. Oh, and service error may also be caused by php2apache library.
Check if Apache/PHP/MySQL directories are included into Windows' path. Here is a good utility to do that: Redmond Path. You may add the following directories into the path: Apache/bin dir, PHP dir, MySQL/bin dir. It might help.

I've tried enabling errors, but continue to get the same error - "The requested operation has failed!"

bobbyb 2009-12-16 16:19:56

There is a section at the end of php.ini with what appear to be extensions. They look like this:[PHP_BZ2]extension=php_bz2.dll[PHP_CURL]extension=php_curl.dllWhen they are all commented out, apache starts fine. Any idea why this is?

bobbyb 2009-12-16 16:27:20

After some more testing, it seems i can enable extensions but there is some sort of limit, i think by total extension size?

bobbyb 2009-12-16 16:38:53

Ok, so it's caused by some PHP extension. Have you figured out which one exactly? There is no need to enable all extensions at once. Just try to enable the ones you need, one by one, so you know which one is failing.Could you also check the value of "extension_dir" in php.ini?

Oleksandr Bernatskyi 2009-12-16 17:35:59

Oh, and would you specify the versions of Apache and PHP you've installed?

Oleksandr Bernatskyi 2009-12-16 17:37:11

apache 2.2.14 and php 5.2.11

bobbyb 2009-12-16 18:05:41

Ok. This is exactly what I have. Two more things. Have you tested the Apache's configuration file? (Start -> All Programs -> Apache HTTP Server -> Configure Apache Server -> Test Configuration). It should say "Syntax OK". Could you also check if there is anything in error.log file? (ApacheDir/logs/error.log, in case you didn't change the error.log path).

Oleksandr Bernatskyi 2009-12-16 18:14:03

The test says "Syntax ok" like you said. The log has no errors, however, I do get the following warnings when it fails.[warn] (OS 995)The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request. : winnt_accept: Asynchronous AcceptEx failed. [warn] pid file C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?

bobbyb 2009-12-16 18:57:30

Uh oh, maybe this will help: http://www.brooks-bilson.com/blogs/rob/index.cfm/2008/1/4/Intermittent-Apache-Problems-and-winntaccept-Asynchronous-AcceptEx-failed

Oleksandr Bernatskyi 2009-12-16 19:16:59

that did not help. The id warning seems to be the more prevalent one.

bobbyb 2009-12-16 19:49:02

Maybe it's caused by firewall or another application that's using the same port as Apache? I've just managed to crash Apache by Skype (Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Connection -> Use port 80 and 443...), I've actually turned it off before right after installation, but when it's turned back the same error occurs("The requested operation has failed!"), though Apache doesn't write anything into the log file.

Oleksandr Bernatskyi 2009-12-16 20:36:14

If it's not caused by firewall/Skype you may try these things: #1 Replace PHP installation with this one: http://www.php.net/get/php-5.2.11-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror. #2 Make sure that both Apache and PHP are included into Windows' path. If both of these things doesn't work out then try to move both Apache and PHP out from Program Files directory into the root (say C:\Apache and C:\PHP), just try to use some path without whitespaces, it helps sometimes.

Oleksandr Bernatskyi 2009-12-16 20:43:22

#1 seems to have fixed it. the only difference i see is that the new version has far fewer extensions so my guess is one or more of the extensions were breaking something. Thank You!

bobbyb 2009-12-16 21:20:29

Cool, I was happy to help. You're welcome.

Oleksandr Bernatskyi 2009-12-16 21:38:09

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