PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library, when running unit tests

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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 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Could somebody help me ? Thanks. Running in PHPstorm, Win 10

kavinda · Answer 1 · 2022-07-05T12:59:41.543

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You may need to edit your php.ini file and restart the server. Add absolute paths in php.ini configuration. It worked for xampp server in my windows 8.1 machine.
example:
extension_dir="\xampp\php\ext" to extension_dir="C:\xampp\php\ext"

Reference: How to fix PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'ext\\php_curl.dll'?

Edit: Additionally for my some cases, needs to edit browscap="xampp\php\extras\browscap.ini" to browscap="C:\xampp\php\extras\browscap.ini"

edited Jul 05 '22 at 12:59

answered Mar 25 '19 at 12:30

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Specifically, if that link goes down, it would be very unclear what needs to be edited in the php.ini file. Please edit to add that information. – Jonathan Mar 25 '19 at 12:32
Thank you so much. That's was the problem ;-) – David Mar 14 '23 at 17:58

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 14:56

You are missing the b2z module for php. Which is normally included in the php package for windows

I would suggest reinstalling php or manually moving the package from the download to the correct folder or switching to a vagrant environment.

Download:

https://windows.php.net/download/

In the folder ext/bz2

Move these folder contents over to the according folder.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 23 '20 at 13:18

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Just comment out ;extension=pdo_sqlite in php.ini if you don't need it. It was enabled by default in my configuration and the error message is gone.

answered Jan 23 '20 at 13:18

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 07 '22 at 07:53

I had faced the same problem after updating my php version from 7.0 to the latest version which is 8.1.3 as for now , the solution I used was :-

Just comment the extension in the php.ini found in (C:\xampp\php\php.ini) extension=gd2

Note: comment by prefixing semicolon at the start

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 14 '20 at 13:58

I have fought with this for the last 12 hours on my Windows 10 box. For anyone having the same trouble I am having, you need to edit the php.ini to call out the full name of the DLL file. I had to change pdo_sqlite to php_pdo_sqlite.dll and sqlite3 to php_sqlite3.dll.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 12 '21 at 06:41

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after adding php ext dir in php.ini, i also needed to add php dir to windows path (environment variables)

answered Mar 12 '21 at 06:41

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 19 '22 at 07:58

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In your php.ini file, find text=> extension=gd2 and make it ;extension=gd2

answered Apr 19 '22 at 07:58

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Abdallah Mahmoud · Answer 8 · 2022-12-14T19:33:57.780

For windows 10 users, make open "XAMP" programe, then at apache click button "config" then edit "php.ini".

#1- remove the semicolon (;) before this line

extension=php_gd.dll

#2- restart xamp

#Problem : when try to "composer update" print error:

 Problem 1
    - maatwebsite/excel[3.1.28, ..., 3.1.30] require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet 1.16.* -> satisfiable by phpoffice/pfice/phpspreadsheet[1.16.0].
    - maatwebsite/excel[3.1.31, ..., 3.1.x-dev] require phpoffice/phpspreadsheet ^1.18 -> satisfiable by phpofficeoffice/phpspreadsheet[1.18.0, ..., 1.25.2].
    - maatwebsite/excel 3.1.27 requires phpoffice/phpspreadsheet ^1.16 -> satisfiable by phpoffice/phpspreadsheet[sheet[1.16.0, ..., 1.25.2].
    - maatwebsite/excel 3.1.26 requires phpoffice/phpspreadsheet ^1.15 -> satisfiable by phpoffice/phpspreadsheet[sheet[1.15.0, ..., 1.25.2].
    - maatwebsite/excel[3.1.0, ..., 3.1.25] require php ^7.0 -> your php version (8.1.6) does not satisfy that reqat requirement.
    - phpoffice/phpspreadsheet[1.15.0, ..., 1.25.2] require ext-gd * -> it is missing from your system. Install orall or enable PHP's gd extension.
    - Root composer.json requires maatwebsite/excel ^3.1 -> satisfiable by maatwebsite/excel[3.1.0, ..., 3.1.x-dev.x-dev].

To enable extensions, verify that they are enabled in your .ini files:
    - C:\xampp\php\php.ini
You can also run `php --ini` inside terminal to see which files are used by PHP in CLI mode.

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