On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Ashley Sheridan > ><ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Curtis Maurand <curtis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >Ethan Rosenberg 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 > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> PHP General Mailing List > >> >(http://www.php.net/) > >> >> To unsubscribe, visit: > >> >http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> >Found > >> >this in ubuntu forums. > >> > > >> >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814736 > >> > > >> > > >> >sudo apt-get install > >> >php5-mysql > >> >This package contains the PHP module that interfaces with the MySQL > >> >server. > >> > >> Could it be that the mysql service on the server has stopped. > >Typically > >> you'd do something like this on RedHat/Fedora servers: > >> > >> service mysqld status > >> > >> That would certainly stop the extension working from within PHP. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ash > >> > >> > >I'm sorry, but this is just plain wrong. > >The extension has nothing to do with the mysql service. In fact, a lot > >of > >the larger websites have their database service running at a different > >server, and probably don't even have the mysql service installed. > > > >- Matijn > > Look at his connection settings, it says localhost... > > Thanks, > Ash > var_dump(function_exists('**mysqli_connect'));// this returns boo(false) I think it explains everything. - Matijn