PHP and MySQL in red hat 7.0

Thanks Matt. MySQL is finally working. But the problem now is that PHP is not recognizing its MySQL functions. The error I am getting is: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_pconnect() in /var/www/html/Willy/MySQL/test1.php on line 28 Well, the php_mysql RPM has been installed along with mod_php4.rpm. PHP can recognize its own functions but not those of MySQL. I checked for the RPMs to be installed and I have installed all the php RPMs ( including php-mysql RPM). despite doing all that I get this error. MySQL is running perfect as I get the status when I type "mysqladmin -u=root status". Please help me. This is very urgent for me. Thank You. Willy > ---------- > From: Matt Wagner[SMTP:mwagner@mysql.com] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 4:29 PM > To: VWilliam@NIIT.com > Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: socket problem in red hat. > > VWilliam@NIIT.com writes: > > Hi there, > > I am setting up a lab on MySQL and I am not able to. > > Its a red hat 7.0 server and has PHP installed and working with apache. > > I installed MySQL from the very RPMs Red Hat provided. > > Whenever I try to start the server, I get the error message: > > > > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/m > > ysql.sock' (111) > > > > Well the file /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock exists on the computer. I can't > > understand what this socket problem is and I went through all > documentation > > and couldn't find a solution to this. Can you please provide a solution > to > > this > > at the earliest. I have students piling on my head and I have already > > skipped my deadline of setting the server up. > > Hi! > > We have seen this problem (although I have not personally > investigated) with many RH7+default_mysql. The quick and easy solution > (until I figure out further) is to download the MySQL RPMs from: > > http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html > > Uninstall the standard RedHat 7.0 MySQL RPMs, then reinstall > ours. Like I said, I'm not sure what RedHat is doing wrong with their > MySQL RPMs... But I have seen this numerous times with regard to their > supplied RPMs. Something is amiss. > > I will investigate more. > > > Regards, > > Matt > > -- > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Matt Wagner <mwagner@mysql.com> > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, http://www.mysql.com/ > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ River Falls, Wisconsin, USA > <___/ Developer >