note 64419 deleted from ref.mysql by nlopess

Note Submitter: keithpk at gmail dot com ---- Ok, so I don't know what idiot made the executive decision not to bundle mysql support with php5 by default, but what used to be a simple point and click process on windows is now one of the most un-neccessary install processes ever. I realize that "Unix users, at least the ones who know what they are doing, tend to always build PHP against their system's libmyqlclient library simply by adding the --with-mysql=/usr option when building PHP.", but for many windows users, especially those running small-time installations, they enjoyed the point-n-click ease of having it all installed by default. I think php is really alienating its install base of small-scale users who don't have a dedicated IT department to figure out how to configure their servers. Many people expect to install something and it just work (or continue to work if you had an existing install). I hope that someone will seriously reconsider this decision in the future.