Re: PHP, MySQL headaches

make sure that your --with-mysql=/path/to/mysql is the path to a untarred mysql directory from tcx (http://www.tcx.se/). -jeremy brand _______________________________________________________________________ GnuPG Fingerprint: 9F5E 95E0 1CC2 E054 84EA 6099 8ACD 9DBA D2C0 5EA9 _ http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more __ On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 sannec27@eng.uab.edu wrote: > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:11:20 -0500 > From: sannec27@eng.uab.edu > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Cc: smcclell@uab.edu > Subject: [PHP] PHP, MySQL headaches > > Hi all, > > I am using Redhat 6.2, Apache 1.3.12, php 3.0.15 and MySQL 3.23.22 for a > particular project. I am having a problem in making the MySQL and PHP to > communicate, which is haunting me since 3 days. > I tried my best to give complete description here. > When i am trying to connect the MySQL database through a php script, which > ofcourse includes the mysql_connect() function, it is giving the following > error. > > "call to unsupported or undefined function mysql_connect() in > /home/httpd/html/submitform.php3" > > What i could understand is MySQL and PHP are not communicating with each > other. As the Redhat 6.2 version comes with the PHP support but not with the > MySQL support, i am forced to recompile PHP with the following command. > > ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --enable-track-vars > > As i could not find the configure program in the PHP directory i have > downloaded the php-4.0.2.tar.gz and installed it with the php 3.0.15 still > running on my computer(i don't know whether i am supposed to do like that or > not). This made me to have the configure program in the PHP directory. > While installing and running the above command, it is giving the "Configure: > error: can not find header files under /usr/local/mysql" error and it is > unable to create the makefile. > As i have installed the MySQL from the RPMs they have created the header > files such as chardefs.h, history.h, mysql.h, tilde.h in the > /usr/include/mysql directory, so instead i have used the following command. > > ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/include/mysql --enable-track-vars > > Still no joy, it is giving the same error and can not create the make file. > > Lots of thanks to whomever responds > Chakravarthy K Sannedhi > > -- > 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 > >