Hello try to add a backslash at the end of your extension_dir config line in your php.ini like : C:\php\extensions\ and reload ur phpinfo script to see what's the result
Jerôme Kaluza Service du Sang Service Informatique Croix-Rouge de Belgique rue de Stalle 96 - 5e étage B-1180 Bruxelles Tél. : + 32 (0)2 371 35 27 Fax : + 32 (0)2 371 35 23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.transfusion.be Rory M Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit sur 05/11/2007 18:20:08 : > > Hello, > > I seem to be having trouble getting the PHP-MySQL connector to work. > I hope this is the right list to ask. > > I have installed the latest versions of Apache, PHP and MySQL on two > workstations, one XP and one Vista. These are for development, and > should not be reachable from outside due to a hardware firewall. > > Working from the O'Reilly book "Learning PHP and MySQL" by Davis and > Phillips, the final step is to install the MySQL Connector, which is > obtained from dev.mysql.com. The test that the connection is > working is supposed to be that when you call the phpinfo page, you > get a section in the middle of the page with the heading MySQL. > > Whatever I try, I do not get this on either machine. The procedure > is supposed to be that you download a zip file containing two files, > libmysql.dll and php_mysql.dll. libmysql.dll needs to be put in a > directory that is in the system path, and php_mysql.dll needs to go > in a directory you create under the php root directory, called > extensions. Then the php.ini file has to be edited to include the lines > > extension_dir = C:\php\extensions > extension=php_mysql.dll > > Then the Apache server is to be restarted and the connection should work. > > My first point of confusion is that dev.mysql.com now features two > separate zip downloads with two versions of their connector file: > php_mysql.dll and php_mysqli.dll. They recommend php_mysqli.dll > strongly, but never make it quite clear whether this is in addition > to the old php_mysql.dll, or whether it replaces it. If anybody can > explain how these relate to each other from an installation > perspective, I would surely appreciate it. > > Beyond that, I'm grasping at straws. Most of the examples assume > that the php root directory is directly under the C: drive, but the > Windows installer package put it under C:\Program Files. I've > compensated for the different path name in the php.ini file. > Hopefully there's nothing hard-coded that's looking for C:\php. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Rory
