PHP cannot find php_grpc.dll extension

Question

Good day! I am new to web application development but I am familiar with PHP. I am hoping to develop a web application while using Google Firebase so I installed tatter/firebase through composer (I also followed everything from the documentations). While installing tatter/firebase in my project folder, the command tells me that PHP cannot find the php_grpc.dll file even if it exists in the right folder location and enabled it in php.ini.

I need serious and immediate help, and I can't find any solutions to this on the web.

This is the screenshot of the command window in Git Bash

This is the folder containing the DLL file:

This is the ini file:

Running the composer setup again and changing the php.exe to the xampp one, and the error is much worse.

This is the error everytime I am starting Apache serve:

Still related to php_grpc.dll

[For windows OS] Add this line in your php.ini file: `extension=php_grpc.dll` - see the [offical_documentation](https://cloud.google.com/php/grpc#windows_2) please — Ken Lee, Dec 31 '21 at 04:25
@KenLee I tried it just now, but still, the error exists. Any ideas why is this happening? — HeroreH29, Dec 31 '21 at 04:27
@KenLee I just restarted my system, and tried installing tatter/firebase again but the error still exists — HeroreH29, Dec 31 '21 at 04:33
Does this resolves your issue https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50222772/installing-grpc-for-localhost/50222981 — Riosant, Dec 31 '21 at 04:42
@Riosant I already followed this before posting my own question. In short, the existing solution did not work on my end :( — HeroreH29, Dec 31 '21 at 04:46
A typical xampp php.ini contains lines for extension like `extension=xxxx.dll` (most of them remarked so will look like `;extension=xxxx.dll` ). Please see picture in this [SO_post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33869521/how-can-i-enable-php-extension-intl) . Hence, I am quite doubtful whether you have amended a correct php.ini in your system. — Ken Lee, Dec 31 '21 at 06:01
@KenLee So I have run the composer setup again to change which `php.exe` it can communicate to. I have changed it to the `php.exe` of xampp but then the error is much worse than before — HeroreH29, Dec 31 '21 at 06:13
You error shows that the system is trying to load the DLL (so one step forward already -- instead of saying unable to load) , but find that there is no related entry point for a particular procedure. So (1) check whether the dll is corrupted (and / or is the correct version). and (2) if still in doubt, make sure all the things (xampp, dll) are up-to-date — Ken Lee, Dec 31 '21 at 06:46
@KenLee I just recently re-downloaded and re-installed xampp and the DLL. I am pretty sure that all of what I need is in **correct** and **updated** versions. — HeroreH29, Dec 31 '21 at 06:50
Did you try installing composer with --ignore-platform-req=ext-grpc ? (i.e., use `composer require tatter/firebase --ignore-platform-req=ext-grpc` ) — Ken Lee, Dec 31 '21 at 07:03
@KenLee yes but that prevents me from having access to the firebase libraries since gRPC is required to connect the PHP and Google Firebase — HeroreH29, Dec 31 '21 at 07:07
OK, then visit this link: https://pecl.php.net/package/gRPC and choose the version (I believe the latest , stable one), click "DLL" (since you are using Win OS) , and choose the one suitable for your PHP version, and re-download the correct DLL (if you do not know your sytem architecture then try them one-by-one) and re-try — Ken Lee, Dec 31 '21 at 07:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 31 '21 at 07:59

This problem has been bothering me these past few days, and the solution is simple. I am not entirely sure if it is going to work for the others but I installed a downgraded version of XAMPP (8.1.1 before, now 7.4), and it magically worked.

I will thank Ken Lee for helping me with this problem. I deeply appreciate the effort!

PHP cannot find php_grpc.dll extension

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