Re: MySQL problem on Yellow Dog Linux

On 6/6/02 4:48 PM, "Jason Wong" <phplist@gremlins.com.hk> wrote: > On Friday 07 June 2002 04:36, Garrett Nelson wrote: >> I'm a relative newbie to the Linux/web server world, having worked with >> Macs most of my life. I recently installed the Server install of Yellow Dog >> Linux, with no window managers, CLI only. Everything is working pretty much >> correctly, except PHP interaction with MySQL. When I tried to install >> Invision Board, I got the following error‹ >> >> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in >> /var/www/default/forums/sm_install.php on line 249 > > It means there's no support in php for mysql > >> I figured this meant MySQL or PHP was configured incorrectly so I installed >> PhpMyAdmin to see if that would work, and I got the error message >> >> cannot load MySQL extension, >> please check PHP Configuration. > > ditto > >> What needs to be configured? I was under the impression that MySQL support >> was built into PHP now and that it needs no extension. > > Yes and no. PHP has 'builtin' support for MySQL but it needs to be enabled at > compile time. > >> I downloaded the RPM >> of PHP 4.1.2 (the latest PPC RPM available at rpmfind) and it told me it >> was already installed. I then installed MySQL 3.23.41 to no effect. >> >> So what can I do to fix this? > > Try looking for an RPM with both 'php' and 'mysql' in its name. Eg for > Redhat > a suitable rpm would be named: php-mysql-4.1.2-7.i386.rpm. Hrm .... I now downloaded "php-mysql-4.1.2-1a.ppc.rpm" from rpmfinder, and again I get rpm -ivh php-mysql* Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package php-mysql-4.1.2-1a is already installed (Same error with -Uvh, too) So I suppose it's something else. Do I have to uninstall PHP first? Or, again, could it be something wrong with the PHP configs? Is php.ini the only config file that might need to be edited? --