Re: [PHP] Mysqli Extension

Curtis Maurand <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>Ethan Rosenberg wrote:
>> Dear List -
>> 
>> My
>mysqli extension seems to have gone away.
>> 
>> $host =
>'localhost';
>> $user = 'root';
>> $password = 'SdR3908';
>> echo "hello2<br />";
>>
>var_dump(function_exists('mysqli_connect'));// this returns boo(false)
>> $db = 'Store';
>> $cxn =
>mysqli_connect($host,$user,$password,$db);
>> 
>> I tried to
>reinstall -
>> 
>> rosenberg:/home/ethan#  apt-get install
>php5-common libapache2-mod-php5
>> php5-cli
>> Reading
>package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading
>state information... Done
>> libapache2-mod-php5 is already the
>newest version.
>> libapache2-mod-php5 set to manually
>installed.
>> php5-cli is already the newest version.
>>
>php5-cli set to manually installed.
>> php5-common is already the
>newest version.
>> php5-common set to manually installed.
>>
>0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>
>
>> It did not help.
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>>
>Ethan
>> 
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>
>
>Found
>this in ubuntu forums.
>
>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814736
>
>
>sudo apt-get install
>php5-mysql
>This package contains the PHP module that interfaces with the MySQL
>server.

Could it be that the mysql service on the server has stopped. Typically you'd do something like this on RedHat/Fedora servers:

service mysqld status

That would certainly stop the extension working from within PHP.

Thanks,
Ash