Robert Waldo wrote:
> I am trying to access a mysql database on my Fedora Core 5 webserver.
> PHP 5.1.6 comes with the package already compiled. After reading
> several websites (including the php.net <http://php.net> and mysql.com
> <http://mysql.com> sites), I found that starting with PHP 5.x, mysql
> extensions are not included. According to:
> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/faq.databases.php#faq.databases.mysql.php5
> <http://us3.php.net/manual/en/faq.databases.php#faq.databases.mysql.php5>,
> all unix users, at least the ones who know what they're doing, add
> --with-mysql=/usr when compiling their php package. When I look at
> phpinfo() it shows it was compiled --without-mysql. Therefore I cannot
> do a 'mysql_connect' in any of my scripts. I tried to update to php
> 5.2, but the mysql libs are not stored in /usr as they should be. Does
> anyone have any ideas or direct me to an article that may remedy this
> situation. I am getting extremely frustrated. I have googled until my
> fingers bleed.
>
My experience with Red Hat is very old. But if it's anything like
Debian, there is probably a package, something like php5-pgsql, which
brings in the MySQL bindings for PHP. Look for that and see what you find.
Paul
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