Re: newbie needs help in getting php and MySQL integrated

Chris Hunt wrote:

Windows XP SP1 Norton Antivirus and Internet Security Apache 2 PHP 5 MySQL 4.0.16 All seem to work. I can run PHP scripts on the Apache server without any trouble. I have MySQL running as a service and the basic SQL command line commands and winmysqladmin shows all ok (to my limited knowledge so far). So as the PHP installation instructions stated : Since PHP 4.0.5 MySQL, ODBC, FTP, Calendar, BCMath, COM, PCRE, Session, WDDX and XML support is built-in. You don't need to load any additional extensions in order to use these functions.

MySQL extension is included with PHP5, BUT NOT BUILT IN - thankfully ;) It needs enabling in php.ini The next beginner step is 'phpinfo();' which should be your first page to build, THEN you will see what is actually loaded ;) -- Lester Caine ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services