Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/31/07 09:52

John wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:19:16 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
> <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> John wrote:
>>> On 30 Jul 2007 16:03:41 GMT, Kim André Akerø
>>> <kimandre@NOSPAMbetadome.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> J.O. Aho wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Onto the next now getting mysql and phpMyAdmin working.
>>>>> emerge mysql phpmyadmin
>>>> That would be the case if he was running Gentoo Linux. In fact, he
>>>> hasn't told us which OS he's running on that computer, whether it's a
>>>> Linux flavor or Windows (or any other OS available out there).
>>>
>>> Hi Kim
>>>
>>> You're right, I neglected that fact. It's Windows XP.
>>>
>>> And now just discovered, the hard way, that PHP hasn't loaed the mysql
>>> extension like it used to.
>>>
>>> So having to download the zip as well as the installer.
>>>
>>> Why does all this stuff always have to end up as a challenge?
>>>
>>> As if I don't have enough of those already.
>>>
>> John,
>>
>> Do you have the MySQL client dll in a directory in your PATH statement?
>> Otherwise PHP can't find it.
>>
>> You shouldn't have to download both the zip file and the installer.
>
> I was under the impression that PHP and mysql were joined at the hip
> but there seems to have been some surgery.
>
> I haven't got to the point of testing proper as I am still setting up
> but the error from phpMAdmin said "mysql extension missing"
>
> After Googling someone mentioned that the extensions weren't included
> in the PHP installer. The zip version did indeed contain /ext/dll's
> including php_mysql.dll.
>
> After moving it into the PHP folder phpMyAdmin moved on to the next
> problem - "access denied".
>
> Ho hum.
>

They used to be, but recent versions of PHP don't include the MySQL
extensions, for various reasons.

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