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Posted by John on 07/31/07 13:02
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:52:37 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>John wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:19:16 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
>> <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> John wrote:
>>>> On 30 Jul 2007 16:03:41 GMT, Kim André Akerø
>>>> <kimandre@NOSPAMbetadome.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> J.O. Aho wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> John wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Onto the next now getting mysql and phpMyAdmin working.
>>>>>> emerge mysql phpmyadmin
>>>>> That would be the case if he was running Gentoo Linux. In fact, he
>>>>> hasn't told us which OS he's running on that computer, whether it's a
>>>>> Linux flavor or Windows (or any other OS available out there).
>>>>
>>>> Hi Kim
>>>>
>>>> You're right, I neglected that fact. It's Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>> And now just discovered, the hard way, that PHP hasn't loaed the mysql
>>>> extension like it used to.
>>>>
>>>> So having to download the zip as well as the installer.
>>>>
>>>> Why does all this stuff always have to end up as a challenge?
>>>>
>>>> As if I don't have enough of those already.
>>>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> Do you have the MySQL client dll in a directory in your PATH statement?
>>> Otherwise PHP can't find it.
>>>
>>> You shouldn't have to download both the zip file and the installer.
>>
>> I was under the impression that PHP and mysql were joined at the hip
>> but there seems to have been some surgery.
>>
>> I haven't got to the point of testing proper as I am still setting up
>> but the error from phpMAdmin said "mysql extension missing"
>>
>> After Googling someone mentioned that the extensions weren't included
>> in the PHP installer. The zip version did indeed contain /ext/dll's
>> including php_mysql.dll.
>>
>> After moving it into the PHP folder phpMyAdmin moved on to the next
>> problem - "access denied".
>>
>> Ho hum.
>>
>
>They used to be, but recent versions of PHP don't include the MySQL
>extensions, for various reasons.
Apparently the zip does but the installer doesn't.
--
John
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