Re: MySQL and PHP

Well I ended up with a slightly different way to do it but it seems to work for me. Don't know if anyone else will find it useful but here is the code. //Use windows netstat to check for port 3306 (MySQL) //If it is not in the list then run MySQL exec ('netstat -a -n', $reply, $error); $reply = implode($reply); $mysqlrunning = eregi( ':3306',$reply ); if (!$mysqlrunning){ exec ('C:\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=C:\mysql\bin\my.cnf --standalone') ; } ""Jon"" <jonraston@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1D.BF.33075.B7043034@pb1.pair.com... > Is there some way to have PHP test if MySQL is running and if not make the > system call to start it? > > This is just an ME test machine but I would also like to know how on XP PRO > cause I have another test machine available.