Re: Re: difference between shared and /usr/bin/mysql

On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 09:36, Leon Mergen wrote: > Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I know is that when using > shared it is compiled as a shared object and only loaded when needed. This > decreases ram usage (which is good) , but increases load (which is bad) . AFAIK, you should use a shared module when you're also using other Apache modules that interface to MySQL. When you ./configure the PHP interpreter, you get this info: | You chose to compile PHP with the built-in MySQL support. If you | | are compiling a server module, and intend to use other server | | modules that also use MySQL (e.g, mod_auth_mysql, PHP 3.0, | | mod_perl) you must NOT rely on PHP's built-in MySQL support, and | | instead build it with your local MySQL support files, by adding | | --with-mysql=/path/to/mysql to your configure line. | Cheers, Marco -- ---------------- php|architect - The Monthly Magazine for PHP Professionals Come check us out on the web at http://www.phparch.com!