Extensions and MySQL.dll on WinXP PHP5

[webguynow]

I'm hoping someone will give me the latest info here about PHP policy
to enable extensions. [Preferably not -
"Move them around under C:\Windows until it works ..." ]

I've installed PHP5 in C:\PHP

Meaningful excerpts: from php.ini
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
extension_dir = "./"
.....
;extension=php_ msql.dll
extension=php_m ysql.dll

TIA for your advice on this.

[Andy Hassall]

Re: Extensions and MySQL.dll on WinXP PHP5

On 12 Jun 2005 16:00:10 -0700, "webguynow" <invinfo@rcn.co m> wrote:
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>I'm hoping someone will give me the latest info here about PHP policy
>to enable extensions. [Preferably not -
>"Move them around under C:\Windows until it works ..." ]
>
>I've installed PHP5 in C:\PHP
>
>Meaningful excerpts: from php.ini
>; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
>extension_di r = "./"[/color]

So change it to your PHP extensions directory:

extension_dir = "c:/php/ext"
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>....
>;extension=php _msql.dll
>extension=php_ mysql.dll[/color]

This in turn requires the MySQL client library. This is bundled with PHP in
the top-level PHP directory, so modify your PATH environment variable to
include c:\php.

Do not copy anything into Windows directories.

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/faq.databases.php#faq.databases.mysql.php5

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php#faq.installation.addtopath

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