Re[2]: [PHP-WIN] PHP4 binaries with MySQL support?

From: Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:18:36 +0000
Subject: Re[2]: [PHP-WIN] PHP4 binaries with MySQL support?
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You'll need to download and install MyODBC from php.net, then, using Windows' control panel you need to configure a DSN for every mysql database you want to access through ODBC. Very straight forward configuration. If you want to access MySQL directly through MySQL functions, you wouldn't need MyODBC, but coding for ODBC gives you more portability. Gonzalo. > Great! Since I am an absolute beginner I have to ask: I installed the > MySQL-server in c:\mysql. Will PHP recognize the server automatically when > trying to connect via ODBC-functions? > Uffe > Matthew Ballard wrote: >> When they MySQL support built-in, they mean you no longer have to include >> MySQL support via extensions on the Win32 binaries, because it is always >> there, irrelevent of what extensions are loading, so you don't need the dll >> for MySQL anymore. >> Matthew

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