Posted by Malcolm Wright on 10/12/05 12:07

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Malcolm Wright wrote:
>
>> Raqueeb Hassan wrote:
>>
>>> Well, what your phpinfo(); script says? Check the manual for it's
>>> specific location of php.ini file. This file location matters!
>>>
>>> Don't loose your hair rightaway! You might forget about all these
>>> installaton troubles, just get a full php+mysql+apache package on
>>> windows ... like xampp!
>>>
>>> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
>>>
>>> with MySQL 4.1.15 and PHP 5.0.5 ....
>>>
>>> Just download the whole package and extract that to some root drive
>>> a-n-d you are on the run!
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Raqueeb Hassan
>>> Bangladesh
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks for this tip Raqueeb. I've downloaded and got it working though
>> I'm still having problems. Do you know into what directory I have to
>> put the PHP source files?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Malcolm
>>
>
> Malcolm,
>
> It's also possible Apache can't load the MySQL client library
> (libmysqlclient.lib or mysqlclient.lib). Ensure this library is in a
> path where it can be loaded.
>
> What happens if you type just
>
> mysql
>
> at a command prompt? This will load the mysql command interpreter.
>
Strangely enough there was another person with exactly the same problem
as I was having - see "PHP Configuration Troubles" further down this
newsgroup. I followed the advice given in that answer, upgraded to
Apache2 and copied libraries as suggested and it all works now.
Thanks to all who responded.

Malcolm Wright

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