Re: Newbie question

it sounds like maybe you dont have the mysql php extension turned on in the php ini file, or your php doesnt have mysql support? Luke "James Marcinek" <jmarc1@jemconsult.biz> wrote in message news:33128.20.4.63.57.1074008237.squirrel@srv01.jemconsult.biz... > Hello Everyone, > > I'm new to this so forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to use php with MySQL > as a database. I'm using apache 2.0 in addition to Mysql 4.1. > > I created a simple page (using book to learn) and when I try to go to a > simple php script I recieve the following error: > > Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() > > I've followed the instructions and the mysql_connect() function has the > correct arguments supplied ("host", "user", "passwd"); > > Can anyone shed any light on this? I've looked at the php.ini file and it > looks ok. the apache has the php.conf file in the conf.d directory. > > The book I'm learning from had some simple examples pages that I created > early on and they work; however this is the first attempt at trying to use > php to connect. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > James