Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/14/06 11:13

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
>
>

Well, if phpinfo() is showing the php.ini in your windows directory as being
active, then that's the one that's active. Try changing that one. There's a
registry entry to tell you which php.ini to use - but I never remember or worry
about it. I just use the one in c:\windows (it doesn't get overlaid during the
next install, either).

I've run several versions of PHP 5 here on Windows (currently at 5.1.2) and all
work with MySQL just fine.

BTW, I tried xamp. It worked OK. But I like more control over my setup. So I
installed all from scratch. Once you've done it a couple of times it isn't
hard. But that first time is a real bear. And I'll be repeating that process on
a brand new customer VPS later today. Planning on a couple of hours to install
and configure IIS, Apache (different ports), PHP, MySQL, Perl and about 4 web apps.

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