On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Ethan Rosenberg < erosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear List - > > My mysqli extension seems to have gone away. > > $host = 'localhost'; > $user = 'root'; > $password = 'SdR3908'; > echo "hello2<br />"; > var_dump(function_exists('**mysqli_connect'));// this returns boo(false) > $db = 'Store'; > $cxn = mysqli_connect($host,$user,$**password,$db); > > I tried to reinstall - > > rosenberg:/home/ethan# apt-get install php5-common libapache2-mod-php5 > php5-cli > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > libapache2-mod-php5 is already the newest version. > libapache2-mod-php5 set to manually installed. > php5-cli is already the newest version. > php5-cli set to manually installed. > php5-common is already the newest version. > php5-common set to manually installed. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > It did not help. > > TIA > > Ethan > > apt-get install php5-mysql If that doesn't help, there's something wrong with your configuration of the modules. - Matijn