Re: any extra work need to make php mysql function available?

Hi, PHP and MySQL are not talking to each other. Numerous tutorials available on the web for getting MySQL, PHP, and Apache to work together... depending on how you installed PHP and MySQL, the method varies. If PHP is compiled with support for MySQL, it may be as simple as uncommenting or adding a reference to "mysql.so" in your php.ini file. If you have any major problems, I would recommend vaporizing all of your installations, and starting from scratch with source - this is what I've done 4+ times now, after at first (unsuccesfully!), trying to use RPMs to configure things a sane way. I would recommend FreeBSD + Apache + MySQL + PHP or RedHat 7.1 + etc., installing the last three from source. It doesn't take very long... If you're using RedHat, try starting over with a bare-bones installation, then add MySQL, Apache (with DSO support), and PHP (with MySQL support), in that order. Cheers JIM wrote: *something* -- ---------- Dan Barton Terrestrial Program Biologist Data Manager Point Reyes Bird Observatory http://www.prbo.org dbarton@prbo.org dbarton@grayflycatcher.org