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Posted by NewbieSupreme on 06/14/06 06:45
I installed Apache 2.0.58, tested it, got the "working" page. Installed
MySQL 5.0.22, and didn't really see how to test that, but there is a mysql
process running in the task manager. Ran through the PHP 5.1.4 installation
directions, and that seems to work, since I can use phpinfo() and get all
the information on a test php page.
Then I installed (really just unzipped and placed some files according to
the directions) PHPMyAdmin; did the configuration, ran through their setup
script, and that all seemed to go OK.
However, when attempting to open the index.php in the PHPMyAdmin folder, it
says it couldn't open the mysqli connection (also tried setting it to mysql
in the config, but same message).
I then searched the groups and saw the big uproar that php 5 as a windows
installer package did not include mysql support the way previous versions
did. Some posts said the only option was to compile it myself w/ mysql
support, or wait for a dll to be made. However, all these posts were from
2003 - 2005. I also searched online documentation at php.net, but could
find no successful searches for adding mysql support to php 5.
Can anyone tell me if there's a way to get phpmyadmin and mysql working on
this Windows XP Home machine running Apache2? Do I need to downgrade
versions of something, or can I somehow add some lines to my PHP files and
put a dll somewhere?
Secondary question: I notice that I have a php.ini file in the Windows
directory, and that's the one showing in the phpinfo() info as well. But
the main PHP folder is in c/PHP, and the ini_recommended and all that is in
there. Did I screw up the PHP install? Meaning, should the php.ini file be
in the php folder instead of the Windows folder?
Thanks for any help and/or advice; I am a complete newb, normally an asp and
Access guy (and no expert at that) trying to learn the MySQL/PHP way of
things.
Thanks for reading
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