Getting PHP5 to work with MySQL

[Lazandra]

Hi,

I have installed php5 and mysql 4.1. But i can't get them to work properly. I have searched and found some sites but they all give different ways of doing it.

Does anyone know of a site that tells you exactly what to do?

The error i get when i try and load phpMyAdmin is

"Cannot load mysql extension. Please check your PHP configuration. - Documentation"

Thanks guys

[jasone]

Hi buddy,

i had the same problem as you many months ago, the best site i found to help with the installation is shown below:

http://www.expertsrt.c om/tutorials/Matt/install-apache.html#dir setup

also try this site for php tutorials... all video based which helps you understand how everythign fits together :-) hope this helps

www.killerphp.c om

[Motoma]

Before we can help you with your problem, we need to know a) what operating system you are running on and b) how you installed and set up Apache, PHP, and MySQL.

[Lumpy]

If its not a production box and you don't mind giving up a little flexibility, you can install a precompiled versions of apache, php and mysql, you can do a Google search for xampp and it is an all in one package.

Another thing you could do is to run phpinfo() and see if the mysql functions are installed in php. It would be about halfway down the page.

[Lazandra]

Hi guys

Thanks alot jasone. It worked perfectly!

Laz
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