Re: connecting to MySQL from shellscript

It's trivial, just as if you were compiling for Apache, you just use the --with-mysql flag, and it will "just work". On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 10:47, Ian Firla wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a shellscript written in php that needs to connect to a mysql > database. Everything I've been reading suggests that this cannot be done > easily. Is this true? > > The one workaround I've found is: > > http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/message.php3?id=1012940 > > But it's very inelegant and likely to impact on performance with a > script that is being launched several hundred times an hour. > > Ideas? > > Ian -- Adam Voigt adam@kotisprop.com