Re: "cannot load mysql extension" - PHP Installation on Vista/Apache

You kidding me? I didn't know anything about that! That could be the solution! I'm gonna give this a try and see if that makes a difference. I'm using native mySQL btw, not mysqli. Thanks! On 3/14/07 9:54 AM, "Richard Davey" <rich@corephp.co.uk> wrote: > Rahul Sitaram Johari wrote: > >> 'cannot load mysql extension, please check PHP Configuration'. >> >> I¹ve installed PHP on XP computers hundreds of times, so I¹m not exactly a >> newbie to this, but I¹m not sure if it¹s Vista causing the problem or I¹m >> doing something wrong. > > Which MySQL extension are you using? The native mysql or mysqli? I had > to copy the libMySQL.dll file that is installed when you install MySQL 5 > over the top of the one in the PHP 5 installation directory before it > would work for me on Vista Home Premium. > > I.e. I copied this: > > C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin\libmySQL.dll > > to here: > > C:\PHP\php-5.2.1-Win32 > > replacing the one that existed already. > > Cheers, > > Rich