PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/php_mysql.so'

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I am running PHP 5.6 on Linux. When I try to load a PHP page, I'm getting the following PHP error.

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library /usr/lib64/php/modules/php_mysql.so'

When I look in the directory /usr/lib64/php/modules/ indeed there is no shared object php_mysql.so. So, it looks like php extension for mysql isn't installed. So I run the yum install:

yum install php56w-mysql

and I get the message that:

Package php56w-mysql-5.6.10-1.w6.x86_64 already installed and latest version

So, is my php.ini configuration incorrect? Should I point it in a different place to look for php-mysql extension?

Linix version information: Linux version 3.14.35-28.38.amzn1.x86_64 (mockbuild@gobi-build-64012) (gcc version 4.8.2 20140120 (Red Hat 4.8.2-16) (GCC) )

update: Ran suggested command to view where modules are installed:

rpm -ql php56w-mysql

/etc/php-zts.d/mysql.ini
/etc/php-zts.d/mysqli.ini
/etc/php-zts.d/pdo_mysql.ini
/etc/php.d/mysql.ini
/etc/php.d/mysqli.ini
/etc/php.d/pdo_mysql.ini
/usr/lib64/php-zts/modules/mysql.so
/usr/lib64/php-zts/modules/mysqli.so
/usr/lib64/php-zts/modules/pdo_mysql.so
/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so
/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysqli.so
/usr/lib64/php/modules/pdo_mysql.so