Posted by zero on 11/23/05 02:03

"MeV" <michael.vilain@gmail.com> wrote in news:1132692640.744248.199900
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Can't speak to a Windows implementation, but on UNIX, unless you've
> built (as in compiled from source) with MySQL support, the mysql
> functions aren't part of the php program.
>
> What does the output of phpinfo(); show on a web page or php -i in a
> command shell show? If it doesn't list mysql, you'll have to rebuild
> it.
>
>

As I understand it, on windows there is no need to recompile. All
extension libraries are loaded dynamically on startup, by loading the dlls
mentioned in php.ini

At least, that's how I understand it. But obviously I'm missing something,
since it's not loading the mysql library.

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