Hi Boyd. It sounds like that php5 cannot find the mysql.so and mysqli.so shared dynamically loaded modules.
There could be a few reasons for this. First thing to do is to check the: Configuration File (php.ini) Path /usr/local/php-5.1.2/lib/php.ini which is the 6th entry down for my phpinfo() output. You need the php.ini config file to be in the above directory path, for php 5 to find it. Next in php.ini, you need to tell php where the loadable modules, mysql.so and mysqli can be found. Use this directive: (for my php.ini it's) ; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside. extension_dir = /usr/local/php-5.1.2/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20050922 then tell php to load the modules with: [extension section] extension=mysql.so extension=mysqli.so ;extension=sysvshm.so ;extension=exif.so You don't need to use the default extension_dir. You can put the modules into any directory that php5 can read, as long as the extension_dir is pointing there, so php 5 can find the modules. Don't forget to set the values of the [mysql] and [mysqli] sections in php.ini with something like: ;------------------------------------------------------------------------- [MySQL] ; Allow or prevent persistent links. mysql.allow_persistent = ON ; Maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no limit. mysql.max_persistent = -1 ; Maximum number of links (persistent + non-persistent). -1 ; means no limit. mysql.max_links = -1 ; Default port number for mysql_connect(). If unset, ; mysql_connect() will use the $MYSQL_TCP_PORT or the ; mysql-tcp entry in /etc/services or the compile-time value ; defined MYSQL_PORT (in that order). Win32 will only lo ok ; at MYSQL_PORT. ;mysql.default_port = ; Default socket name for local MySQL connects. If empty, ; uses the built-in MySQL defaults. mysql.default_socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock and [MySQLi] ; Default port number for mysql_connect(). If unset, ; mysql_connect() will use the $MYSQL_TCP_PORT or the ; mysql-tcp entry in /etc/services or the ; compile-time ; value defined MYSQL_PORT (in that order). Win32 will only ; look at MYSQL_PORT. ;mysqli.default_port = ; Default socket name for local MySQL connects. If empty, ; uses the built-in MySQL defaults. mysqli.default_socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ;------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hopefully, that should do it! Regards Keith In theory, theory and practice are the same; In practice they are not. On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Boyd Hemphill wrote: > To: php-install@lists.php.net > From: Boyd Hemphill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PHP-INSTALL] MySQL unavailable after compile and Install > > Hello: > > On RHEL4 I build PHP 5.1.2 with the following configure command: > > ./configure --cache-file=../config.cache --prefix=/usr > --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin > --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --datadir=/usr/share > --sysconfdir=/etc --sharedstatedir=/usr/com > --localstatedir=/var --libdir=/usr/lib > --includedir=/usr/include --infodir=/usr/share/info > --mandir=/usr/share/man --build=i386-redhat-linux > --host=i386-redhat-linux --target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu > --with-libdir=lib --with-apxs2 --disable-debug > --with-layout=GNU --with-config-file-path=/etc > --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d > --with-exec-dir=/usr/bin --enable-magic-quotes > --disable-rpath --with-libxml-dir=/usr --with-openssl > --with-pcre-regex=/usr --with-zlib --enable-bcmath=shared > --enable-calendar --with-curl --enable-dom=shared > --enable-exif --enable-ftp --with-gd=shared > --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png --with-png-dir=/usr > --with-freetype-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf > --with-gettext --with-gmp --with-imap-ssl > --with-ldap=shared --enable-mbstring=shared > --enable-mbregex > --with-mime-magic=/usr/share/file/magic.mime > --with-mysql=shared,/usr > --with-mysqli=shared,/usr/bin/mysql_config --enable-shmop > --enable-ucd-snmp-hack --enable-sockets --without-sqlite > --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm > --enable-wddx --with-xml --with-expat-dir=/usr > --enable-xmlreader=shared --with-xmlrpc=shared > --with-iconv --with-xsl=shared,/usr > --with-pear=/usr/share/pear --enable-memory-limit > --with-pic --with-dom-xslt=/usr --with-dom-exslt=/usr > --enable-track-vars --enable-trans-sid --enable-yp > --enable-mbstr-enc-trans > > Please note the --with-mysql and --with-mysqli switches. > However, my phpinfo() output does not show either mysql > or mysqli as avaialbe. Did I miss a step? > I am pretty new at compiling and installing so the > obvious may be the answer. > > Thanks for your time > > Best Regards, > Boyd E. Hemphill > Database Administrator > Region XIII - Educational Service Center > MySQL Certified Professional > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (512) 919-5413
