On Thu, 1 May 2008, Caroleigh Deneen wrote:

> To: php-install@lists.php.net
> From: Caroleigh Deneen <cdeneen@sn.com>
> Subject: [PHP-INSTALL] help using php with msqli
> 
> Hi,
>
> I'm learning php and some of the sample code I'm working with requires mysqli support.I'm getting a fatal error when I try to load a page that uses the mysqli_connect() function:
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() in
>
> (You can see the error generated on this page: http://www.thriftytitle.com/dummies/mysql_up.php)
>
> I'm running php version 5.2.1 and MySql version 5.0.37, which the documentation I've read said should supports the mysqli functions, but I can't figure out what I need to change to get the page to load.
>
> Here's what I've checked so far:
>
> I checked my php.ini file. I tried adding this to the dynamic extensions section:
> extension=msql.so
> extension-msqli.so
>
> The php.ini file already contains the [MySQLi] code related to max_links, default_port, default_socket, default_host, etc.
>
> And my extensions_dir is set to what I think is the appropriate extensions file on the server, though it is set with the ext directory as part of the path, which may be unnecessary.
>
> The php.ini file I am editing is the one indicated as the Configuration File Path when I run the phpinfo function.
>
> Can anyone help me figure out why the mysqli_connect() function isn't working with the configuration described. Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Caroleigh Deneen

Hi. Are you using the webserver PHP module? If so you should 
be able to get the output from php_info() displayed in a 
browser window. It's alot easier to debug PHP setup from 
there. Looking at the output from php_info() in a browser, 
you should see the mysql nad mysqli modules loaded. See if 
you have got that far.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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