> I have been trying to set an area at home to run and > test php and MySQL applications. I used the tutorial > on http://www.ricocheting.com/server/cgi.html > to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Everything is > working great except for trying to test a simple > connection to the MySQL database through php. I have > seen some other people quote on how PHP5 no longer has > a direct link to MySQL. My platform is Windows XP at > the moment. I will shortly be partitioning two hard > drives for use of Linux on one of them. I would like > to know if there is a solution for WIndows XP. I have > seen people just go back to php4 to correct this. I > was wondering if there is a simple way I can stick > with PHP5 and make my connections. I receive this > error right now: > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function > mysql_connect() in C:\public_html\MySQLphptry.php on > line 18 > > Where line 18, is just the mydsql_connect (); command. > Thank you for your help in this I know myself as well > as other forums out there would like to know a simple > solution if there is one. SIncerely, Terry Mullin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
