Re: figuring out DB::connect problems

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 04:36:06PM -0500, jhilbert wrote: > I am trying to use the PEAR DB module. I am trying to diagnose why my > DB::connect() call is failing, I assume it is because my DSN is not correct. > However, it matches the examples given in the documentation. > > I am using PHP 4.2.1 on a Windows 98 machine, running MySQL 3.23.41, and > Apache 1.3. > > My code attempting to connect via PEAR is > > $dsn = "mysql://jon:jon@flattop/tracker"; > $db = DB::connect($dsn,true); > if (DB::isError($db)) { die ("DB connection error: " . > $db->getMessage()); } > > The error message I get is" > "DB connection error: DB Error: not found" Is mysql support compiled into your php? Also, try upgrading Pear DB. There was a typo in the code that is fixed in the current version. typo in DB.php: define("DB_ERROR_EXTENSION_NOT_FOUND",-25); define("DB_ERROR_NOSUCHDB", -25); I was getting this error when I did not have the proper database support compiled into PHP. -T