PHP not finding DB2 extension

Question

I have a vagrant box set up for development. It has been running fine for months, but I recently ran vagrant box update since it'd been nagging me to update, and naturally it's now broken.

The problem is with PHP startup. It can't find the DB2 so file:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20131226/ibm_db2.so' - libdb2.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0

However, the file is there:

~$ sudo find / -name '*db2.so'
/usr/lib/php5/20131226/ibm_db2.so

Any idea what's up with this error?

the file ISN'T there. error is for `libdb2.so.1`, and you found `ibm_db2.so`. — Marc B, Nov 05 '15 at 21:29
See if this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5282287/1399696 — Maximus2012, Nov 05 '15 at 21:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '15 at 22:16

When I updated my vagrant box the PHP extension was installed correctly but could no longer find the DB2 headers. I had to sudo pecl uninstall ibm_db2 then follow the instructions here to download and install the DB2 headers. Finally I reinstalled the pecl extension using sudo pecl install ibm_db2 and I was back in business.

PHP not finding DB2 extension

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