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it says it can't find a function in<br />
E:\Progra~1\BuildForge\Apa<wbr />che\php\ex<wbr />t\php_ibm_<wbr />db2.dll<br />
maybe you misspled the function name?<br />
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it also says you use an undefined constant - DB2_CASE_LOWER<br />
so i guess you are missinig a reference to some other dll that defines that constant, or the two problems can be related
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I don't know if the two errors are related but nothing happens by circumstance and I am willing to consider all options at this point. &nbsp;I have parsed my php.ini file without issue so I know that it is free of syntax errors. &nbsp;The DLL in question to critical to establishing a connection from the apache.exe call to the DB2 backend database. &nbsp;I am attaching another error that I receive every time when apache.exe tries to load the extension, php_ibm_db2.dll. &nbsp;As stated in my orginal question, this is not an easily solution to resolve as I have explored all options on the internet.<br />
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It was installed as part of the PHP v5.2.6.6 package. &nbsp;My version of DB2 Express is v8.2.9
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do you have the DB2 application development header files and libraries installed on your system?
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Please elaborate more on what you mean? Under my environment I have DB2 Express Server v8.2.9 installed. &nbsp;I can connect to the database with no issue through DB2.
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i understand, but when you install, there is an optional component called <br />
application development header files and libraries <br />
did you mark it or just installed the default components ?
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I accepted the defaults with the PHP installation. &nbsp;Is this what you are speaking about?
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no<br />
you need to configure it in the db2 express installation
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i specified in my post that this can be an issue of wrong dll version
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When launching the foreground service for the Build Forge Management Console, the apache.exe makes a call to the PHP extension, php_ibm_db2.dll but an error occurs. &nbsp;Since this exception occurs, Build Forge is unable to connect to the DB2 v8.2.9 backend.<br />
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error.log

When launching the foreground service for the Build Forge Management Console, the apache.exe makes a call to the PHP extension, php_ibm_db2.dll but an error occurs.  Since this exception occurs, Build Forge is unable to connect to the DB2 v8.2.9 backend.

Unable to load dynamic library php_ibm_db2.dll

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.

IBM DB2 is a family of relational database server products developed by IBM that have been extended to support object-relational features and non-relational structures like JSON and XML. There are three main products in the DB2 family: DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (informally known as DB2 LUW), DB2 for z/OS (mainframe), and DB2 for i (formerly OS/400), plus a version for IBM's Virtual Storage Extended (VSE) operating system.