Integration of postgreSQL on WAMP

Question

I have just installed the postgreSQL on windows 7. I am trying to integrate postgreSQL with WAMP server. For this i have done the following changes in httpd.conf and php.ini file

1 LoadModule c:/path to libpq.dll in httpd.conf and then

2 extension=php_mod_pgsql.dll , extension=php_pgsql.dll -- enable(reemove ;) in php.ini

If I do the above changes the localhost does not work.

If I do the second changes the localhost work but does not load the libpq.dll .

I checked the pgsql by php script by this

<?php
 echo extension_loaded('pgsql') ? 'yes':'no';
 ?>

The script shows "yes", but apache is not loading the libpq.dll . Now what i should do for load the postgreSQL into the Apache2.2* (wamp)

Answer 1

1. After installation of PostgreSQL , you need to copy libpq.dll from wamp\\bin\\php\\phpX.XX to wamp\\bin\\apache\\Apache2.2*\\bin . And restart the Wampserver.
2. Download phpPgAdmin here .
3. Extract phpPgAdmin-5.1.zip in C:\\wamp\\apps So the path will be, C:\\wamp\\apps\\phpPgAdmin-5.1 .

4. Create a file called phppgadmin.conf in C:\\wamp\\alias . And copy paste the following :

    Alias /phppgadmin "C:/wamp/apps/phpPgAdmin-5.1/" <Directory "C:/wamp/apps/phpPgAdmin-5.1/"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride all Order Deny,Allow Allow from all </Directory>

5. Left Click on the Wampserver Tray icon. Navigate to PHP > PHP extension. Then enable this

   a. php_pgsql b. php_pdo_pgsql extension.

6. Open C:\\wamp\\apps\\phpPgAdmin-5.1\\conf\\config.inc.php ,

   a. find $conf['servers'][0]['host'] = ''; change to $conf['servers'][0]['host'] = 'localhost';
   b.find $conf['extra_login_security'] = true; change true to false

7. Restart All service

8. Go to http://localhost/phppgadmin/ and try to login.

9. Default Login credentials are

   • Username = "postgres"
   • Password = "root"

references :

1. WAMP + PostgreSQL integration
2. sourceforgenet phpPgAdmin downloadable for Windows with Wamp

Answer 2

Thank you. These instructions worked once I also added 'Require local' to the phppgadmin.conf file:

Alias /phppgadmin "C:/wamp/apps/phpPgAdmin-5.1/" 

<Directory "C:/wamp/apps/phpPgAdmin-5.1/">
    Require local
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
        Order Deny,Allow
  Allow from all
</Directory>

Answer 3

it worked thank you

Alias /phppgadmin "C:/wamp/apps/phpPgAdmin-5.1/" 

<Directory "C:/wamp/apps/phpPgAdmin-5.1/">
    Require local
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
        Order Deny,Allow
  Allow from all
</Directory>

Answer 4

Probably the best place to start is with the msdn docs . It looks like the simplest fix is to set the %PATH% environment variable system-wide to include the path to libpq.dll.

Note that %PATH is searched last, so if a libpq is ever put into the system directory or the Apache directory it will be caught first.

Answer 5

Don't forget that WAMP has two php.ini files. One in Apache directory, one in php directory ( bin\\php\\php5.XX ). Wampserver Tray manages the one in Apache directory.

To be able to run php cli tools (eg php artisan ), you need to uncomment the php_pgsql and php_pdo_pgsql in the php.ini in php directory.

Answer 6

1. After Enabling Postgresql extension from WAMP icon i was able to get postgresql admin page but bin/cake bake all command was failing with error 'php extn missing'. (referred @rails_id's post below to complete postgresql integration with WAMP)

2. checked in cmd prompt with php -m , no " postgresql " module was present.

3. Went to php installation directory, in my case it was "C:\\wamp64\\bin\\php\\php7.2.10" and enabled (removed the ;) following pg module in php.ini file:

   extension=pdo_pgsql extension=pgsql

4. restarted the wamp services.

5. bin/cake bake all is working fine from command prompt.

Answer 7

Not sure why you are checking this page , but even after trying all the above and following other pages only for the reason that you have wamp already iinstalled .. then dont waste your time .

checkout below link https://bitnami.com/ which makes you wamp integration with postgreSQL damn easy ,without WAMP server :b ,

And now start your project right away !!