Posted by Paul Lautman on 06/14/06 07:24

NewbieSupreme wrote:
> 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

Why not just install XAMPP and get an immediate working system?

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