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Posted by Bert Melis on 11/15/58 11:24
Paul Graham wrote:
> I have tried the php Windows installer and setting it up manually following
> the instructions on php.net and it all seems to be going fine. Then I type:
>
> http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/index.php to set that up and I get this message:
>
> cannot load mysql extension;
> please check PHP configuration
> Documentation
>
> The document link goes to this text
>
> "[1.20] I receive the error "cannot load MySQL extension, please check PHP
> Configuration".
> To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called
> "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP distribution
> (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name is
> probably mysql.so or php_mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the extension
> but failed.
>
> Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called
> "PHP-MySQL" or something similar. "
>
> The dll is there so I don't know why it is not loading.
>
>
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>
> "Smitro" <nospam@myh0use.c0m> wrote in message
> news:430723af$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
>
>>Paul Graham wrote:
>>
>>>Using Windows Installer on XP Pro SP2 with IIS5, phpMyAdmin,
>>>MySQL....trying to get OSCommerce working and having a mare.
>>>
>>>Any help much appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Paul
>>
>>Maybe some more info might help. Where are you stuck? what are the errors?
>>and does phpMyAdmin work?
>
>
>
Have you enabled the MySQL-extension in the php.ini?
Is the file 'libmysql.dll' placed in a system-directory?
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