Re: Confused over php_mysql.dll

Julie I think I am getting warmer to having it all working correctly. Firstly answering your question, "load" in my case means going to c:\mysql\bin and typing "mysqld-shareware --standalone". Something is happening by the noise the HD makes for about 2 secs. Also the phpinfo page is working again though the logos have now disappeared (minor problem in the circumstances). To check it's loaded, I press the ctl-alt-del which brings up a dialog box and Mysql-shareware is happily sitting in there at the bottom. I am not having much luck with phpmyadmin which I was going to use to create the databases and tables. All I get is a blank screen so I'll have to play around with the settings and see what happens on that. Overall I am finding Apache + PHP + MySQL + Windows 98 quite a bit different from that of the Linux equivalent I used about 4 months ago. I thought that it would be quite similar to what I am doing now but trying to simply transfer acquired skills is more of a hinderance than a help !! As I remember with Linux (correct me as I may be wrong), it was a simple matter of editing "httpd.conf" file to get the MySQL daemon to load automatically when I fired up the Apache Server. Whatever I did, I know it all worked virtually first time as I followed instructions. In Windows, it all seems a little thrown together (not your fault). For instance, what is the point of putting a reference php_mysql.dll in php.ini if it's not needed ? Not exactly rocket science just to create a text file relevant to version 4. I will check out your book though I have not seen it at my local book store. Cheers Tim Julie Meloni <julie@thickbook.com> wrote in message news:39901933.1843EB63@thickbook.com... > > > I left it uncommented and I opened up a DOS window to load MySQL. I think the problems are > > MySQL > > based and nothing to do with PHP > > Um....just a question here, but what's your definition of "load"? > > MySQL support in PHP doesn't mean that when PHP starts, MySQL > automatically fires up. You need to manually start the mysqld so that > it's running and PHP has something to connect to, when you tell it to > (mysql_connect()) > > open dos console, cd to c:\mysql\bin\ (or wherever), type mysqld > --standalone (or mysqld-shareware --standalone) > > MySQL is now all started up and ready for PHP (or anything else) to > connect to it. > > Loading a DLL just adds additional support for items, into PHP. For > example, you won't be able to use Image Creation functions until you > load the php_gd.dll. It has nothing to do with starting an external > program. > > However, that's moot since MySQL (and ODBC and PCRE and a bunch o' > others) are already built into the Distributed build of PHP4 for > Windows. > > The first chapter of my PHP Fast & Easy book is devoted to getting MySQL > up on Windows (and Linux). Chapter 2 is Apache, Chapter 3 is PHP. I've > got Chapters 2 and 3 smushed into installation tutorials at > www.thickbook.com/extra/ but if this MySQL thing keeps being such a > common problem among users, I'll probably take that chapter and make it > a tutorial as well. Are people really having this much trouble? This > is an honest question. Is it because the MySQL docs are light on the > windows subject, or the PHP docs? Or both? > > - julie > > > +------------------------------------------------+ > | Julie Meloni (jcm@i2ii.com) | > | Tech. Director, i2i Interactive (www.i2ii.com) | > | | > | "PHP Essentials" & "PHP Fast & Easy" | > | http://www.thickbook.com/ | > +------------------------------------------------+ > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >