Re: Suggestion for PHP 5 compilation instructions

It sounds like you should be using the PHP 5 packages your distro provides. -Rasmus Torsten Mueller wrote:

Hi there, I would like to suggest the inclusion of more detailed information on how to compile PHP 5 with MySQL support, i.e. the MySQL client library. I have been trying to get it to work, and I found the MySQL web site utterly useless when it came to information on where to get the header files or anything else, for that matter. All the php.et site says is to use --with-mysql=/path/to/what? in the configuration before compiling (I use Linux). I followed the MySQL folks' recommendation to download the binary, and I cannot find anything useful on where to get the corresponding header files for my MySQL version that is required for PHP 5. I am compiling MySQL from source now, but it would be nice to know if there are other ways or if that is the only way to get PHP 5 to work with MySQL. If you want people to use PHP 5, I think you should make it easier for non-experts to set it up. (I have compiled a fair share of software myself, but this really stumped me) I otherwise love your site and the online manual is priceless. Sincerely, Torsten Mueller __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com