Posted by MS on 06/01/06 19:15

It could be 3. I know it's definitely not #1.

Which version of php do I want here to use IIS? Is there one on
php.net that is better to use? Should I use PHP4? I noticed that comes
out of the box configured to use with MySQL.

Erwin Moller wrote:
> MS wrote:
>
> > Why do I keep getting this error mesgage on my phpinfo() page trying to
> > get PHP and MySQL to communicate? I am running this in IIS.
> >
> > Here's what I have -
> >
> > My php.ini resides in my C:\WINNT directory. In it, I have removed the
> > ';' from the extension=php_mysql.dll.
> >
> > Also in the php.ini file I set extension_dir = c:\PHP\Ext
> >
> > In c:\PHP\Ext I have the following files:
> >
> > libmysqli.dll
> > libmySQL.dll
> > php5apache2.dll (Do I need this since I am using IIS)?
> > php5ts.dll
> > php_mysql.dll
> >
> > Any help would be tremendously appreciated. I have spent a ton of time
> > on this.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Hi,
>
> A few common mistakes are:
>
> 1) editting the wrong php.ini
> Ask phpinfo() which php.ini it is using. Often people edit the one in
> c:\php\php.ini. My advise: delete all on your system except one.
>
> 2) forget to give readpermissions for IUSR_<machinename> to all files and
> directories in use.
>
> 3) You did an out-of-the-box install from somewhere. Some suck.
> eg: the windowsinstaller distributed at www.php.net will indeed install PHP
> on IIS, but you will never be able to add extension (for which they DO warn
> in big letters on the side).
>
> Could it be any of these infamous 3?
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller

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