hie,i am attempting to use printer_open() but i am receiving the following error when i test through dl().
dl() [function.dl]: Not supported in multithreaded Web servers - use extension=printer in your php.ini in C:\AppServ\www\myFolder\dl.php on line 3.

This is my code:
<?php
// Example loading an extension based on OS
if (!extension_loaded(*'printer'))
{
if (strtoupper(substr(*PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN'))
{
dl('printer');
}
else {
dl('printer.so');
}
}
//Or, the PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX constant is available as of PHP 4.3.0
if (!extension_loaded(*'printer'))
{
$prefix = (PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX == 'dll') ? 'php_' : '';
dl($prefix . 'printer.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX);
}
?>

why i cant load it? i am using AppServ 2.5.9.
i did the following configuration.
extension_dir = "C:\AppServ\php5\ex*t"

//uncommenting the wants one
;extension=php_mssq*l.dll
extension=php_mysql*.dll
;extension=php_mysq*li.dll
extension=php_print*er.dll

i have copied php_printer.dll into ext directory and libmysql.dll in c:/windows/system32.

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Wow, you can print with php? Is this just forcing a print to a networked print-server?

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Yes, ccoonen. You couldn't do that on your average server. The dl() function is used to load a "driver" that's not already present on the server. If the driver were properly installed, then the dl code would not be needed. But, that's all I know about the question, so I kept quiet -- I don't understand the error about multithreaded or whether the configuration file is correct.

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ermm...it seems to work now.i used AppServ 2.5.9-Open project at first but the php_printer.dll was not able to be loaded to the server. then i found out that this software cant support printer function due to bugs. so, i installed these;

apache_1.3.31-win32-x86-no_src
php-5.0.4-Win32
mysql-essential-5[1].0.22-win32

-> i added this extension to php.ini
extension = php_printer.dll

-> uncomment the line below
extension = php_printer.dll

of course, you will have to configure httpd.conf file too. and now it is Ok.

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Glad to hear you got your problem sorted mate

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