#33187 [NEW]: addition to FAQ for PHP5 & MySQL Installation

From: webadmin at gotoxdreams dot com Operating system: linux/redhat PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: addition to FAQ for PHP5 & MySQL Installation Description: ------------ I just wanted to suggest an addition to the documentation, where it says that mysql header files aren't included in php5 because most systems already have them. Well, I'm kind of a novice with linux php and mysql, so I didn't know where to get the header files. It took me about 4 hours to finally realize that all I had to do was download and install mysql-devel. I only had mysql-server and mysql-client. I know common sense should have told me but I guess I'm a bit tired. I would just make an addition telling users that if they don't have the header files they are located in mysql-devel from mysql's site. I didn't know if it was in the PECL or PEAR stuff or what. I know you cant spell everything out for the novices because the documentation would be horrific, but that should just be a small addition that I think might make a lot of people happier :) Take care, and thanks for the best server-side scripting language, Will -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33187&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33187&r=mysqlcfg