Re: Mysqli Extension

Curtis Maurand <curtis@maurand.com> wrote: > > >Ethan Rosenberg wrote: >> Dear List - >> >> My >mysqli extension seems to have gone away. >> >> $host = >'localhost'; >> $user = 'root'; >> $password = 'SdR3908'; >> echo "hello2<br />"; >> >var_dump(function_exists('mysqli_connect'));// this returns boo(false) >> $db = 'Store'; >> $cxn = >mysqli_connect($host,$user,$password,$db); >> >> I tried to >reinstall - >> >> rosenberg:/home/ethan# apt-get install >php5-common libapache2-mod-php5 >> php5-cli >> Reading >package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading >state information... Done >> libapache2-mod-php5 is already the >newest version. >> libapache2-mod-php5 set to manually >installed. >> php5-cli is already the newest version. >> >php5-cli set to manually installed. >> php5-common is already the >newest version. >> php5-common set to manually installed. >> >0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >> > >> It did not help. >> >> TIA >> >> >Ethan >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List >(http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: >http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > >Found >this in ubuntu forums. > >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814736 > > >sudo apt-get install >php5-mysql >This package contains the PHP module that interfaces with the MySQL >server. Could it be that the mysql service on the server has stopped. Typically you'd do something like this on RedHat/Fedora servers: service mysqld status That would certainly stop the extension working from within PHP. Thanks, Ash