sidenote: shouldn't Erik be using the mysqli extension (note the extra *i*) instead of mysql? http://php.net/mysqli (... The mysqli extension allows you to access the functionality provided by MySQL 4.1 and above ...) Richard Lynch wrote: > Did you configure/install MySQL *and* the mysql-dev packages or > whatever your OS needs for the MySQL headers to be there? > > Did you also compile MySQL and install it? > > Is there a libmysqlclient somewhere like /usr/local/lib or /usr/lib or > whatever is appropriate for your system? > > On Linux, did you do that 'ldconfig' thing that tells the OS to scan > for new libraries in various dirs? > > On Linux, is the dir where your libmysqlclient lives listed in > /etc/ld.so.conf so that the OS can find it when you do the ldconfig > thing? > > ldconfig -v | grep mysql is your buddy on Linux for this one. > > Not that I've ever stumbled through this problem before, oh no. > :-) :-) :-) > > It's weird how quickly this stuff becomes second nature after you > screw it up a half-dozen times... > > On Sat, December 9, 2006 4:37 am, Erik Nordlander wrote: >> Hi, im having troubles configuring php5.2.0 (since this version didnt >> work i >> also tried 4.4.4 without success) with mysql 5.0.27 and apache 2.2.3. >> The >> apache server is working properly, and so does the mysql server. >> >> Theres a unexpeced error in the configwindow; >> >> checking return type of qsort... void >> checking for mysql_close in -lmysqlclient... no >> checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient... no >> configure: error: mysql configure failed. Please check config.log for >> more >> information. >> >> when i execute with command: >> >> ../configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs >> --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql >> --with-zlib-dir=/home/erikn/php5/pph-5.2.0/ext/zlib >> --with-gd >> >> the configlog is attached to this document, if you need it :) >> >> thanks in advance! >> Erik Nordlander >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
