>> now i try to use mysql and i get a mysql_pconnect error 
>could you post the php3 code you use to connect to the mysql server,
>plus the exact error message?
>are the webserver and mysqld running on the same machine?
>have you set the password of the mysql root user?

Thanks to Stefan but i had already got it to work, i had to edit the php.ini 
file to add

extension=mysql.so

all singing wonderfully now

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