php_gd2 extension not loading on Windows
My PHP 8.0.6 installation on Windows Server 2019 is logging the following error:
PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_gd2.dll' (tried: C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\php-8.0.6-nts-Win32-vs16-x86\ext\php_gd2.dll (The specified module could not be found), C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\php-8.0.6-nts-Win32-vs16-x86\ext\php_php_gd2.dll.dll (The specified module could not be found)) in Unknown on line 0
The php.ini extension_dir entry is:
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
; http://php.net/extension-dir
;extension_dir = ./
; On windows:
extension_dir = C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\php-8.0.6-nts-Win32-vs16-x86\ext
That is the correct folder, and as you can see below, the php_gd2.dll file does exist:
C:\Program Files (x86)dir C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\php-8.0.6-nts-Win32-vs16-x86\ext
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 08A0-94D0
Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\php-8.0.6-nts-Win32-vs16-x86\ext
05/21/2021 07:53 PM DIR .
05/21/2021 07:53 PM DIR ..
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 67,072 php_bz2.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 76,800 php_com_dotnet.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 508,928 php_curl.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 114,688 php_dba.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 20,480 php_enchant.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 58,368 php_exif.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 134,656 php_ffi.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 6,737,920 php_fileinfo.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 45,568 php_ftp.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 1,461,248 php_gd.dll
03/01/2019 11:11 AM 1,445,888 php_gd2.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 45,056 php_gettext.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 257,536 php_gmp.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 827,392 php_imap.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 294,912 php_intl.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 202,240 php_ldap.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 1,363,456 php_mbstring.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 89,088 php_mysqli.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 121,344 php_oci8_12c.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 121,344 php_oci8_19.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 51,712 php_odbc.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 1,294,336 php_opcache.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 122,880 php_openssl.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 28,160 php_pdo_firebird.dll
05/04/2021 05:03 PM 26,112 php_pdo_mysql.dll
05/04/2021 05:03 PM 30,208 php_pdo_oci.dll
05/04/2021 05:03 PM 22,528 php_pdo_odbc.dll
05/04/2021 05:03 PM 35,328 php_pdo_pgsql.dll
05/04/2021 05:03 PM 24,064 php_pdo_sqlite.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 91,648 php_pgsql.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 15,360 php_phpdbg_webhelper.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 14,848 php_shmop.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 357,376 php_snmp.dll
05/04/2021 05:03 PM 210,944 php_soap.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 60,928 php_sockets.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 59,904 php_sodium.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 39,424 php_sqlite3.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 15,872 php_sysvshm.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 651,776 php_tidy.dll
03/01/2019 11:11 AM 67,584 php_xmlrpc.dll
05/04/2021 05:03 PM 232,448 php_xsl.dll
05/04/2021 05:02 PM 22,528 php_zend_test.dll
42 File(s) 17,469,952 bytes
I've tried specifying the slashes in the path using forward slash (/) instead of back slash (\), which has no effect; the error persists.
What do I need to do to be able to load php_gd2.dll?