Re: Mysqli Extension

Matijn Woudt <tijnema@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Ashley Sheridan ><ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>wrote: > >> >> >> 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 >> >> >I'm sorry, but this is just plain wrong. >The extension has nothing to do with the mysql service. In fact, a lot >of >the larger websites have their database service running at a different >server, and probably don't even have the mysql service installed. > >- Matijn Look at his connection settings, it says localhost... Thanks, Ash