On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 13:29 -0400, Israel Ekpo wrote: > What about the error > > libphp5.so: undefined symbol: OnUpdateLong > > Are you still observing that error? > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Ashley Sheridan > <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 13:19 -0400, Israel Ekpo wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Ashley Sheridan < > > ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hiya, > > > > I know this isn't the best place to ask, but I figured enough people > > here would have at some point installed PHP on some Linux variant, and > > I'm hoping that some of you may have even done it on Fedora 11. > > > > I'm using the built in gui package manager in Fedora (kpackagekit) to > > install php, mysql and php-mysql. I let it resolve the dependencies and > > install, but phpMyAdmin refuses to connect to the Mysql database with > > the default username and password (root, no password) even though I can > > successfully connect to plain old Mysql over the command line with > > "mysql -u root -p" > > > > I thought it was some problem with the built in repositories, so I > > attempted to build PHP from source, and after sorting out the > > dependencies manually, I got PHP installed and working from the command > > line. However, when I try to start httpd up again, it gives me the > > following error: > > > > libphp5.so: undefined symbol: OnUpdateLong > > > > I ran a nm command against the libphp5.so file, and the first line is " > > U OnUpdateLong" (intentional spaces there) > > > > Has anyone come across either of these problems and do you know of a way > > to overcome either one? All I need really is a way to get it working, so > > don't mind whether it's via the GUI or the command line! > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > Hi Ashey, > > > > What version of PHP did you compile? > > > > What were your ./configure options? > > > > It looks like the php source is using OnUpdateLong but the source file > > containing OnUpdateLong is not included or linked properly. > > > > I have ran into this kind of problem before. > > -- > > "Good Enough" is not good enough. > > To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. > > Quality First. Measure Twice. Cut Once. > > > > > > I've actually got some steps closer to figuring out the problem. It seems > > that the connection between PHP and MySQL was fine, it just refused a > > connection as root. If I create another user it connects via phpMyAdmin just > > fine. > > > > The thing now is figuring out either how to get it to connect as root (it > > currently keeps refusing root) or create another user with all the > > privileges of root so I can connect with that. As of yet I haven't been able > > to figure out either! > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > Well, I'm not compiling from the source now, I went back to trying to use the Fedora repositories (which was the only reason I ended up trying to compile from source in the first place) Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk