PHP Apache (GLOBALS) question

I'm forwarding this from the php-windows group. (I sent it to both with the hopes someone with information would see this). > I have installed Mandrake Linux and it comes standard with > Apache PHP and MySQL. You can install all these rpms through > the server selection....Anyway. > > In my test environment it is function city and of course > register globals were on. > > Now I have Taked my PHP.INI-DIST set the globals to on and > copied it to my /etc directory. > > It worked like a charm....but guess what. I can't create a > connection string to my database. Now I have to find a > solution > to get this website to work with globals on and mysql. > > I have tried adding an .htacess with the php globals override > thing > > > php_value "register_globals" "1" > > Ok this didn't work. > > So I found the Mysql-PHP RPM on my mandrake cd (of course > enabling my php.ini file) and it didn't work. > > I'm getting closer to a solution but I am stuck. Why won't > the > htaccess file work? I would like to use my php.ini file but > it > is not configured for mysql, how could I fix this? Is there > anything I can do for either of these two questions to get my > globals on? > > I swear I will never use functions again if someone helps me. > > :) > > Frank __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com