Re: [cobalt-users] Adding a line to the php.ini

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"chiefmonkey" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is my first post to the list so hi to everyone, so can I kick off
with
> hopefully an easy question
> I have installed PHP4.0.6 (.pkg from the cobalt site) it says on the site
> If you use mysql with php, please note you need to add a line
> 'extension=mysql.so' to /etc/httpd/php.ini to load the mysql php-module
>
> Problem is I am not exactly sure how to do this over Telnet/SSH
> I have installed PHP? MySQLon a few Linux boxes, but MySQL support was
> always built in, and any changes to php.in could be done with a text
editor.

Use a text editor on the server.  There are several pre-installed.  pico is
probably the easiest.

login as admin
su - (to become root, it will prompt for root pwd which is probably same as
admin's)
pico -w /etc/httpd/php.ini
ctrl-v to scroll page by page to bottom
type 'extension=mysql.so' on a new line (without the quotes)
ctrl-o to save
ctrl-x to exit
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd reload

Done.  :-)

I recommend getting a book on Red Hat 6.2 and/or spending time reading
online Linux tutorials.  Practice, learn, repeat.

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