Re: [PHP-WIN] Trouble connecting to MySQL using mysqli extension on XP

2008-07-16 Thread Jacob Kruger
Well, then have no real idea, but will just say again that when trying to implement PHP and MySQL support on my instance of IIS, I couldn't get MySQL's drivers to work, no matter what I tried implementing with regard to the %path% system variable, the path/instance of the relevant .dll file etc. e

Re: [PHP-WIN] Trouble connecting to MySQL using mysqli extension on XP

2008-07-16 Thread Jacob Kruger
Only thing I can think of off-hand is that maybe they want an IP address since 127.0.0.1 maps to localhost that might be worth a try. STay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: "anonymous" <[EMAIL PR

[PHP-WIN] Trouble connecting to MySQL using mysqli extension on XP

2008-07-16 Thread anonymous
I had a tough time getting PHP to connect to MySQL using mysqli on XP. The following code from the php documentation on mysqli failed to work. $mysqli = new mysqli( "localhost", "user", "password", "database" ); Where localhost, user, password, and database were replaced with the appropriate valu