Re: PHP and MySQL

Don Lancaster wrote:

>Hi all - here's the story...  I installed MySQL 5 on my Windows XP computer
>and everything seems to work splendidly.  I then installed Apache, and that
>worked wonderfully also.  I added PHP5, and tested it with a simple "echo"
>statement and it worked marvelously.  In a rapture, I tried to connect to a
>MySQL database using mysql_connect and I got an error message that in effect
>said Apache didn't know what the heck the function was.  I remembered that
>PHP5 doesn't automatically include MySQL support, so I went to the PHP
>webpage and did the two things they stated I needed to do (put the php.ini
>file in the c:\windows directory, which it already was, and add it to the
>PATH environmental variable).  I also "uncommented" the extension
>php_mysql.dll in the php.ini file.  But it still doesn't work!  I'm at my
>wit's end.  What am I doing wrong?  One book says that I should put the
>libmysql.dll in the c:\windows directory, but I'm wondering if it should be
>in the extensions folder (c:\php\ext).  Is this correct?  Can someone give
>me some advice (besides "Use ODBC instead")?  
> 
>  
>

This is more of a PHP question.  Ask on that list for more help.

I believe you actually want the extension dir in PATH, not php.ini - you 
shouldn't need to bother placing the mysql dll in the windows directory 
if the extension dir (where the dll is) is in the PATH.  Also, do a 
phpinfo() and make sure that the path it give to php.ini is where you 
think it is.  Make sure the php_mysql.dll is in the extension directory, 
and that you have the correct path for the extension directory in 
php.ini.  (By the way, I believe you want the mysqli library.  The mysql 
library is for versions earlier than 4.1.)


kgt


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