frank, did you install php/mysql as an RPM or from source? what OS are you using? if you did the RPM (assuming redhat linux), do a rpm -qa | grep 'php' (or maybe just php without the '') tell me/the list what it says.. -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Frank Whitsell [mailto:frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:59 PM To: bruce Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: undefined mysql_connect() ??? Thanks for your reply, Bruce. I hadn't thought of running it from the command-line as a test. Here is the entire code and the result (which was the same): Script started on Tue 21 Jun 2005 03:49:17 PM CDT ============ THE TEST CODE ========= [flw@linux4 tst]$ cat mysqltst.php <?php $dbh = mysql_connect("localhost"); print "dbh=$dbh\n"; exit; ?> ============ THE RESULT ========= [flw@linux4 tst]$ php mysqltst.php PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /home/flw/php/tst/mysqltst.php on line 2 Content-type: text/html X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.9 [flw@linux4 tst]$ exit Script done on Tue 21 Jun 2005 03:49:34 PM CDT --frank-- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php