Re: semi-newbie | php, mysql & RH Enterprise

On Saturday 01 January 2005 23:26, Evan Cooch wrote: > OK, so I do a bit of reading, and see that maybe what I should do is > explicitly tell PHP where mysql is, during compilation. On this machine, > whereis mysql yields > > mysql: /usr/bin/mysql /usr/lib/mysql /usr/include/mysql /usr/share/mysql > /usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz > > OK, so the mysql binary is in /usr/bin, and the library files are in > /usr/lib. So, I try a recompile of PHP, using > > ./configure --with-apxs2=/wwwroot/bin/apxs --with-mysql=/usr/lib/mysql > > But, this bombs during configure - I get the following error message: > > configure: error: Cannot find MySQL header files under /usr/lib/mysql > > OK, so I try again, this time using --with-mysql=/usr/bin/mysql - no luck. > Same message. You need to install the mysql-devel package. > So, how do I either (i) compile PHP (or tweak php.ini) to tell it to look > in /var/lib/mysql for the mysql.soc file, or (2) tell mySQL to put the > mysql.sock file somewhere else (like, presumably, /tmp, so PHP can find > it)? Did you actually look in your php.ini? Because there is an entry there just for this purpose. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-db ------------------------------------------ /* I'm all for computer dating, but I wouldn't want one to marry my sister. */