Re: Cannot find mysqlnd.dll in Windows distribution

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Heddon's Gate Hotel < hotel@heddonsgate.co.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > (I hope I am posting to the PHP databases mailing list. I have tried > getting automated help and contacting the list owner, but I just get weird > automated replies. If I am not going about this correctly, do let me know.) > > I have read with interest about the new mysqlnd library, which is an > alternative to libmysql. The PHP manual seems to recommend the use of > mysqlnd in preference to libmysql. Therefore I'd like to use it. In the > process of installing PHP 5.2.8 on Windows XP, I enabled all three of the > MySQL extensions (MySQL, Mysqli and PDO MySQL). This has caused > libmysql.dll to be placed into my PHP directory. There was no option to > install mysqlnd.dll instead, and indeed this file does not seem to exist in > the .msi file. So how do I get it and install it? > > The MySQL web page > http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php-mysqlnd/states that I > can get the Windows binary at > http://php.net, which is about as helpful as saying that I can > find my > needle in that haystack. I have searched php.net, and cannot find a > download for mysqlnd.dll. > > Thanks for your help. > > Regards, > Eddie Eyles > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > The docs state that it is part of the php 5.3 release, not the 5.2.8 -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat