# PHP Error: Specified Module Could Not Be Found

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**Created:** [December 7, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-error-specified-module-could-not-be-found/72626 "2004-12-07T20:01:40Z")\
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I have just recently installed Apache, PHP, and MySQL manually. Everything seemed to be working. The only issue I had noticed was an error message would appear when Apache started, saying:

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Warning:  
PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘C:\PHP\php\_mysql.dll’ - The specified module could not be found.[/COLOR]

So I checked to see if the file was missing from the specified location, and it was. It is located in the ‘ext’ folder. So I made a copy and placed it in the location where it said it couldn’t find it.

I then restarted Apache and it gave the same message even though the file is located at ‘C:\PHP\php\_mysql.dll’

What am I doing wrong here?