Well, first of all, if you're just starting out with all this and don't have any critical data, I recommend you dump your PHP and MySQL installations and install the latest, stable releases of everything: PHP 4.1.1 and MySQL 3.23.48 - there are a lot of bugs fixed and functionality added in these versions.
Now, there are two parts to a MySQL installation - server and client. The server is the portion you normally regard as being just MySQL - it creates and manipulates the databases, etc... The client is just a set of libraries and methods that you or a program can use to connect to the MySQL server portion. PHP uses the library called libmysqlclient.so, which gets installed when you install the MySQL client portion. On my FreeBSD server, those libraries get put in /usr/local/lib, but they really can go anywhere, as long as PHP knows where to find it. You also have to be careful with versions - if PHP is compiled using an old version of libmysqlclient.so, and then you upgrade MySQL, PHP might start dying mysteriously until you re-compile PHP. So I recommend: 1) Uninstall both 2) Install latest MySQL 3) Install latest PHP You should not have to "enable" the extension in your php.ini file - that section, I believe, is reserved for Windows users. PHP automatically uses the extensions it gets compiled with. - Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: AL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MySQL .so missing - help! Hi I am new to MySQL and PHP, so - please be gentle.. We are running PHP4.0.1 and mysql 9.38 (Distrib 3.22.32) on our development server (Debian Linux). I am trying to setup a database with mysql and PHP. I tried to install phpMyAdmin 2.2.3 and can't access the index page. I get an error about the mysql extension: cannot load MySQL extension, please check PHP Configuration MySQL is there, I can get to it and create databases etc but it won't talk to php. In php.ini, there is no reference to MySQL.so under Dynamic Extensions. Further, I can't locate the file MySQL.so or mysql.so *anywhere* on the server. I used the locate command to try find it. I didn't set up apache, php and mysql and am a little nervous about making changes - any suggestions? Thanks Alka [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
