installation error : Php 5.3.8 with mysql 5.1.53

Hullo users, Happy new year, I am trying to install php 5.3.8 stable version with mysql 5.1.53 and i am getting the error below: Config Statement ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-mbstring --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-mysql-sock=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-gd --enable-sockets --with-pear --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-iconv --with-curl --with-openssl --with-mysqli --enable-soap --with-xmlrpc --enable-zip --enable-pdo=shared --with-pdo-mysql=shared --with-sqlite=shared --with-pdo-sqlite=shared Error : checking whether to enable embedded MySQLi support... no mysql_config not found configure: error: Please reinstall the mysql distribution :/usr/local/src/php-5.3.8# mysql -V mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.53, for pc-linux-gnu (i686) :/usr/local/src/php-5.3.8# cat /etc/slackware-version Slackware 13.0.0.0.0 Users how can i fix this for mysql to be configured with php-5.3.8 Thanx in advance