PSpell Aspell Enchant

[SolveEtCoagula07]

How about if XAMPP came with the PHP funciton pspell automatically enabled?
If this is a bad idea, can someone help me by writing a tutorial of some kind explaining how to install pspell for XAMPP 1.5.3a on WinXP?

[Izzy]

How about if XAMPP came with the PHP funciton pspell automatically enabled?
If this is a bad idea, can someone help me by writing a tutorial of some kind explaining how to install pspell for XAMPP 1.5.3a on WinXP?

1. You need to download and install Aspell for Windows “GNU Aspell-0.50.3 (win32)”.

http://aspell.net/win32/

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/w32/Aspel ... -Setup.exe

Your Dictionaries are also here. Aspell needs at least one Dictionary to operate.

or

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/w32/

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/w32/Aspell ... -Setup.exe

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/w32/aspell-w32-0.50.3.zip


2. Aspell should copy the “aspell-15.dll” to the “Windows/System32” directory which the php entension php_pspell.dll requires and looks for to execute.
If not then locate aspell-15.dll in C:/Program Files/Aspell/bin/aspell-15.dll and copy it to C:/Windows/System 32/aspell-15.dll


3. You only need now to uncomment this line in:
xampp/apache/bin/php.ini
;extension=php_pspell.dll
to this:
extension=php_pspell.dll


4. Restart Apache.
(If Apache won't start paste the error message here).


5. Check the pspell module is in place and enabled by lookin at your phpinfo() file from the menu within the XAMPP Welcome Page.
http://localhost/index.php


6. Hoow kneads peespel aw ayespel eniwaigh.

[programmer]

Hi Izzy,

Thanks for the tutorial.

I tried everything but when i restarted apache, apache loads but gives this error twice. (alert)

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Program Files\xampp\php\ext\php_pspell.dll' - The operating system cannot run %1

and my pspell still isn't working.

Can you please advice?

Thanks in advance

[Opa114]

I have the same Problem.

I have activated the php_pspell.dll extension in the php.ini - but when i start the apache server there is the error: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Program Files\xampp\php\ext\php_pspell.dll' - The operating system cannot....

I also installed the GNU Aspell-0.50.3 (win32) and copied the aspell-15.dll in the xampp\apache\bin folder, but the error message is still the same and alive

I use the latest XAMPP Version 1.7.7 and it runs on a Windows 7 64bit machine.

any ideas to solve this problem? thanks!!

[Sharley]

Try copying the php extension dll from the \xampp\php\ext folder to the \xampp\apache\bin folder and then try again.

Move the aspell dll back to the system32 folder as outlined above.

This has been found to be a system path environment variable issue that may be caused by using the installer exe version as opposed to using the zip or 7zip archive version and the above has solved it for some instances of the system not being able to find an extension dll.
(The installer will be replaced in the next XAMPP release that will hopefully eliminate some of these issues).

BTW you may have more issues in future with some XAMPP components ported from Linux by installing XAMPP to a folder with a space in the name (they can't handle spaces in file or folder names).
The recommended location for XAMPP as defined in the readme_en.txt file is to the root of a drive or partition so you end up with, for example, C:\xampp.

Let me know back please if copying the extension dll allows you to move on.
Thanks and good luck.

[Opa114]

Try copying the php extension dll from the \xampp\php\ext folder to the \xampp\apache\bin folder and then try again.
Move the aspell dll back to the system32 folder as outlined above.

--> i've tried that but ist has no effect - the error is alive i also moved the apsell.dll into the syswow64 folder - the same, nothing work!

My XAMPP is installed on C:\ in the folder xampp, i have no folder with space.

But i have seen, that in the latest XAMPP version there is NO! php_pspell.dll in the php\ext folder! So i have used an old one!? Is there no actual version for the latest XAMPP?

Other ideas?

[Sharley]

My XAMPP is installed on C:\ in the folder xampp, i have no folder with space.

so what is this then>>>>>

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\Program Files\xampp\php\ext\php_pspell.dll' - The operating system cannot....

The dll is missing because there is no correctly compiled version and so it may be that Aspell/Pspell is now obsolete.
It needs to be VC9 TS compiled - TS = Thread Safe.

Your old dll will not work because it is VC6 TS compiled.

Have a look on the Internet for a php_pspell.dll VC9 TS download and see if you have better luck than I.

The alternate if you absolutely have to have Aspell is to download and install an older XAMPP version like 1.7.3 for example.

Or use Enchant, this may help or Google it:
http://blog.iwanluijks.nl/using-enchant ... art-1.html

There is a suitably compiled dll extension here:
http://downloads.php.net/pierre/
http://downloads.php.net/pierre/php_enc ... c9-x86.zip

I also found this on the net

Hi, when the PHP 5.3 came in, I reported that there are some extension
which doesn't work:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48184&edit=1

And I got the following response from Pierre Joye:

>> php_pspell.dll => aspell-15.dll
> not supported anymore.

I don't know that what is the current situation, but this could be a
bad sign for you.

Good luck.

[Opa114]

'C:\Program Files\xampp\php\ext\php_pspell.dll' - The operating system cannot....

--> sorry, thats my fault. i've copiedthe url from above! by me ist shows the right error message: "C:\xampp\php\ext\php_pspell.dll"

Have a look on the Internet for a php_pspell.dll VC9 TS download and see if you have better luck than I.

--> i'll try

The alternate if you absolutely have to have Aspell is to download and install an older XAMPP version like 1.7.3 for example.

---> that would be the best method.. and i need pspell, so i download 1.7.3 only for that project

Thank you!

[Sharley]

Your welcome and thanks for the feedback.

Good luck.