Posted by Martin on 12/07/05 22:07

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:11:53 GMT, Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

>Dont forget that you need to stop then re-start the web service with
>any changes made to the ini file. The machine needs to be rebooted
>with any change to the environment variables.

Well, it's working!

Unfortunately, I'm not sure what I did (if anything) to get it going.

As noted above, I made the changes in the INI file and added the PHPRC
environment variable. I re-started the computer and there was no
change - it still could not connect to the MySQL database.

Later in the day, I had to relocate the computer to another desk. In
doing so, I, of course, had the unit shutdown, cables disconnected,
etc. After I got it going again, I found that the PHP/MySQL problem
had magically gone away.

The only thing I can think of is that, when I made the changes, I
"re-started" the computer(Start menu | Turn Off Computer | Restart).
But when I moved it, I physically shut the computer off and, later,
turned it back on. I've always thought these two actions were the same
thing but maybe they're not?

In any case, Jeff, with the changes exactly as you had outlined, this
installation works.

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