Re: Do I have MySQL installed?

Hi Robin, this output simply means that PHP ist configured to connect to a MySQL-Server. To cennect to a server you need a host-address, username and password of a mysql-server. If your provider doesen't give you this information you can't use the MySQL functions. Johannes From: Robin Wielpütz <rawcashmail@freenet.de> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Date sent: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 11:51:03 +0200 Subject: [PHP] Do I have MySQL installed? > Hi everybody, > > I'm coming from webdesign and client-side programming and new to all that > PHP stuff. Now I'm trying to build a db with MySQL. > > The phpinfo() command printed out the following extract: > > [...] > > Syslog No additional information. > ----------------------------------------------------- > MySQL Allow persistent links: Yes > Persistent links: 0/Unlimited > Total links: 0/Unlimited > Client API version: 3.22.30 > Compilation definitions: > MYSQL_INCLUDE= > MYSQL_LFLAGS= > MYSQL_LIBS= > ------------------------------------------------------ > Socket functions No additional information. > > [...] > > My question is about the MySQL part - Does this mean that my > webspace-provider has some kind of MySQL installed and I just don't know how > to access it (would be question #2!) or is it just what my PHP-version would > support (if I had MySQL)??? > Of course do I know mysql_create_db() or the mysql_connect() command, but > I'm unsure about the parameters. > Unfortunately, most tutorials or examples start like this : > "Just for argument's sake, let's pretend that MySQL is already installed on > your system, and you have a valid username and > password for an existing database. Let's also assume that you've created a > table on that database, called..." > > Thanks in advance, > Robin > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >