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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/16/34 11:56
charles.leviton@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am running on Win XP. I have installed Apache 2.2. Works fine.
> I have installed php-4.4.4-Win32 manually.
> Apache to php connection is working fine, I tested a couple of trivial
> php scripts.
>
> I have installed PostGreSQL v8. I can do stuff (create table, populate
> data) thru pgAdminIII tool, so I think that is also fine.
>
> I want to install phpBB. When I try to do the set up I get message
> "The PHP configuration on your server doesn't support the database type
> that you chose"
>
> So it tells me the issue is with php and PGSQL, hence my question here.
>
> I have modified php.ini to uncomment the line
> extension=php_pgsql.dll
> and restarted the server. No good.
>
> I tried running this script that I copied from a site
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>PHP Test</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>
> <?php $conn = pg_connect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=postgres
> user=postgres password=mypasswd");
> $sql = "SELECT current_date AS today;";
> $result = pg_query($conn, $sql);
> $row = pg_fetch_object($result, 0);
> echo "Today is: " .$row->today;
> ?>
> <?php phpinfo(); ?>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
> It prints out the Hello World line. Doesn't print the phpinfo. Nor
> the current date.
>
> Needless to say, I know no php, just want to get the bulletin board up
> and running on my PC.
>
> Could anyone tell me
> a) If I still need some set-up? I see in many places that I should
> compile the php source with some options to enable postgreSQL. I
> really don't want to have to do this if I can avoid it
> b) Anything wrong with my postgre setup? I have started the postgresql
> as a service from the control panel.
> c) Anything wrong with the little script above?
>
> Thanks
>
Since your objective is to get phpBB running, did you ask in the phpBB
support forum?
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