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Phalcon extension not loaded

Hello Guys.

I compile the phalcon without any errors, the phalcon.so file is generated and putet in my php extension default path correctly but extension not loaded, i checked php.ini path in phpinfo(), extension_dir and ... every thing is ok but phalcon not loaded, i'm wondering xdebug.so file are alongsidephalcon.so inside my php extension default path loaded and working fine.

i install phalcon on my local syatem and it's working fine but in my vps i have this issue, both are debian 7 and same php version.



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Are you using Apache or Nginx+FPM?



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Apache 2



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There must be a file /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/, you can create a file call 30-phalcon.ini that contains extension=phalcon.so



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edited Mar '14

thanks, i try it.



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It's not 30-phalcon.so, it's 30-phalcon.ini

/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/30-phalcon.ini with extension=phalcon.so



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ok, it's worked, i love you man, but what was problem ?



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Phalcon needs to be loaded after PDO, loading the extension this way it will load phalcon with the lowest priority



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okay, bu why in my local system i dont have same problem ?



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Probably PDO is bundled with PHP so it's always loaded before Phalcon



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Okay, thank you.



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edited Mar '14

Hi there, im try to solve the same Problem. I have set the config file at /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/30-phalcon.ini with extension=phalcon.so but it is not loading the phalcon extension...

are there other fix tips ?

Thanks

UPDATE: No error, i reinstall the extenstion again and its fixed. Thanks !!!!



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@bootsym: are you using MAC ?



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This was my problem and solution as well. Did this change at some point in the 1.3.0 development process? I was using 1.3.0 for weeks, then when it was officially released, this problem reared it's head. If this is a necessary step of installing 1.3.0, it should be added to the docs.



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Would like to +1 this.

Using Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 I re-installed and Phalcon stopped working.

Installation worked fine and could see the file in the PHP extension directory.

I had added the line to the extensions section in php.ini.

The issue was that the PDO wasn't being loaded before Phalcon.

The fix was to add a 30-phalcon.ini file with the contents "extension=phalcon.so" to the /conf.d/ directory