did the following... -installed apache -installed php (C:\PHP) with the windows installer -moved my websites to the htdocs folder..so far so good can access pages - downlaoded php my admin to htdocs -downloaded the FULL php version -copied the extensions folder (C:\PHP\ext) -changd the line in php.ini extension_dir = "C:\PHP\ext" - the extensions in .ini look like this ;extension=php_mbstring.dll ;extension=php_bz2.dll ;extension=php_curl.dll ;extension=php_dba.dll ;extension=php_dbase.dll ;extension=php_exif.dll ;extension=php_fdf.dll ;extension=php_filepro.dll ;extension=php_gd2.dll ;extension=php_gettext.dll ;extension=php_ifx.dll ;extension=php_imap.dll ;extension=php_interbase.dll ;extension=php_ldap.dll ;extension=php_mcrypt.dll ;extension=php_mhash.dll ;extension=php_mime_magic.dll ;extension=php_ming.dll extension=php_mssql.dll extension=php_msql.dll extension=php_mysql.dll ;extension=php_oci8.dll ;extension=php_openssl.dll ;extension=php_oracle.dll ;extension=php_pgsql.dll ;extension=php_shmop.dll ;extension=php_snmp.dll ;extension=php_sockets.dll ;extension=php_sqlite.dll ;extension=php_sybase_ct.dll ;extension=php_tidy.dll ;extension=php_xmlrpc.dll ;extension=php_xsl.dll The .dll file is in C:\PHP\ext\mysql Phpmyadmin cannot load I get the error " Cannot load mysql extension. " -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php