Posted by Andy Baxter on 09/30/82 11:34

Jim Ottaway said:

>>>>>> Jim Ottaway <j.ottaway@lse.ac.uk> writes:
>>>>>> Andy Baxter <news4@earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk> writes:
>>> hello,
>>> I'm using the php4-mysql module with php4 under debian linux (sarge). I
>>> have a script, schedule.php, which runs fine when I invoke it from the
>>> command line, but fails with the error:
>
>>> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in
>>> /local/rivulet/interface/db.php on line 4
>
>>> when I try to invoke it as a web page (using apache2). As far as I know,
>>> php itself is set up correctly.
>
>> I had this problem using sarge too. I got it working by adding
>> extension=mysql.so to the php.ini in /etc/php4/apache.
>
> Sorry, ignore that: I thought that's what I did, but I subsequently
> stopped using apache in favour of lighttpd.
>
> The extension=mysql.so gets added right at the very end of the
> configuration by the mysql installation, so I didn't spot it;
> following my advice actually leads to a duplicate extension error.
>
> Has apache been reloaded/restarted since you installed mysql? That
> would pick up the configuration change.

You were right the first time - the line you said was in php.ini, but
commented out. Removing the comment fixed it.

Thanks, andy.

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