i wanna run my php scripts on my computer instead of a website that i own. so i downloaded the latest php from php.net and installed it. when i run the program, it just gives me errors about missing DLL's, when in fact, all the dynamic libraries are in place. For example, it will say that it cant find C:\Program Files\PHP\ext\php_mbstring.dll when in fact its right there. How can I fix this?

I do remember having similar problems in the past, with certain DLLs only.

So what I will suggest is for you to disable all the DLLs inside the php.ini file. Then slowly, enable them one by one, starting with the ones you really need. See if you can get PHP working with no extensions enabled, then enabling them each or in 'batches' at a time.

In my php.ini file, the extensions directory is set like this:

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I tried that, and strangely, it behaved the same way! It was still saying it couldnt find those DLLs, even though I removed all of the dll statements in the php.ini file.