Posted by Terrence Mullin on 10/21/20 11:16

> I have been trying to set an area at home to run and
> test php and MySQL applications. I used the tutorial
> on http://www.ricocheting.com/server/cgi.html
> to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Everything is
> working great except for trying to test a simple
> connection to the MySQL database through php. I have
> seen some other people quote on how PHP5 no longer
has
> a direct link to MySQL. My platform is Windows XP at
> the moment. I will shortly be partitioning two hard
> drives for use of Linux on one of them. I would like
> to know if there is a solution for WIndows XP. I
have
> seen people just go back to php4 to correct this. I
> was wondering if there is a simple way I can stick
> with PHP5 and make my connections. I receive this
> error right now:
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function
> mysql_connect() in C:\public_html\MySQLphptry.php on
> line 18
>
> Where line 18, is just the mydsql_connect ();
command.
> Thank you for your help in this I know myself as
well
> as other forums out there would like to know a
simple
> solution if there is one.

SIncerely,
Terry Mullin

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