Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/20/06 18:30

eholz1 wrote:
> Hello Newsgroup,
> I have redhat 3.0 Enterprise, and mysql (3.58.xxx more or less)
> installed from a redhat rpm,
> and php 4.3.9 (installed from an rpm) - I can access data from my mysql
> db using php and the "pear" Db .php. I recently upgraded my Apache to
> 2.2 and installed (more or less) PHP 5.2 as well - neither of these
> installs were from a Redhat rpm, I downloaded the tarballs, extracted,
> configed, make, etc.
> Apache seems to work fine (but not with the php 4.3.9 rpm). I set the
> httpd.conf file to access php 5 (libphp5.so) and can display PHP 5.2.0
> info using phpinfo(). But... I cannot access any data in my mysql
> database (/usr/local/share/DB.php) from the "pear". And it does not
> appear that phpinfo() is reading the php.ini file. I have two php.ini
> files, one in /etc (redhat rpm location), and another in
> /usr/local/lib/php.ini. I have edited and changed both these files,
> but the "changed" items (like default
> mysql.socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock) do not show up in the phpinfo()
> page. I have even renamed each php.ini file so there is no php.ini
> file (like php_ini), and the phpinfo() data still displays! this is in
> php 5.2.0. In 4.3.9 - all is well - the file (/etc/php.ini) is read,
> etc, and I can access the db.
>
> I have attempted to set the PHP 5.2 switch to the location where my
> mysql binary is (/usr/bin/mysql), but still nothing seems to work. My
> guess is that I am not selecting the correct place for PHP 5.2 to hook
> up with my already installed (but old) redhat my sql rpm.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get PHP 5.2 to work with my version of mysql?
> Or should I remove the existing mysql rpm, and start fresh with a later
> version of mysql - and install it from tarball, etc Then I would at
> least know where the mysql stuff is. Redhat seems to spread the
> package info all over the place.
>
> Help!
>
> eric jones
>

What does phpinfo() show for the path to your php.ini file?

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