PHP config fails - cannot find lmysqlclient

["PBroome" <pbroome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings all,

I am trying to configure PHP 5.2.3 on my server. The current version of 
MySQL is 5.0.27, Apache 1.3.x.  The configure command is:

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../configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --with-zlib-dir
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All runs well (until it doesn't...) and it terminates (i.e. Fails) with the 
following:

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configure:58925: checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient
configure:58944: gcc -o 
onftest -I/usr/include -g -O2  -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/mysq
l -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib  -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-r
path,/usr -L/usr 
onftest.c -lmysqlclient  -lz -lz -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl  -lxm
[root@fla201 php-5.2.3]# tail -20 config.log
int main() {
mysql_close()
; return 0; }
configure:58925: checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient
configure:58944: gcc -o 
onftest -I/usr/include -g -O2  -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib
-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr -L/usr 
conftest.c -lmysqlclient  -lz -lz -lresolv -l
m -ldl -lnsl  -lxml2 -lm -lxml2 -lm 1>&5
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so when 
searching for -lmysqlclient
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a when 
searching for -lmysqlclient
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmysqlclient
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 58933 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
char mysql_error();

int main() {
mysql_error()
; return 0; }
[root@fla201 php-5.2.3]#
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I have tried to find all the references to "lmysqlclient" and there's not 
much.  I am just hoping someone out there has come across this problem and 
has resolved it successfully.  ANY help will be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Pete