Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ4] PHP 4.2.3 - mySQL connect problem

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

"Leslie Herps" <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I made an RPM with success.... And I installed it... But now I get the
> following error when trying to connect to mySQL...
>
> Error:
> =====================================================
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect()
> =====================================================

It means PHP isn't running with MySQL support.  PHP builds with MySQL
support unless you explicitly negate it, which you didn't so what you did
below was fine.

> --with-mysql=shared

You built is a shared module.  So there should be a mysql.so file somewhere,
likely /usr/lib/apache/php/mysql.so so you'd need a line like:

extension=mysql.so in php.ini.

If it's there, but with a ";" in front, remove the ";" as it's a comment
character.  Then reload the Apache by doing:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd reload

> Does anyone have a clue what I did wrong?

See above.  Though there are pros and cons, it is probably simpler and in
many cases better to build PHP --with-mysql not as a shared module.

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