The reason that this worked for that message board is that they copied the DLL into the system32 folder (which is in the windows path.) The following can be found at http://us3.php.net/mysql and as you can see from this article, moving that file to system32 will work however, not recommended. PHP 5+ MySQL is no longer enabled by default, so the php_mysql.dll DLL must be enabled inside of php.ini. Also, PHP needs access to the MySQL client library. A file named libmysql.dll is included in the Windows PHP distribution and in order for PHP to talk to MySQL this file needs to be available to the Windows systems PATH. See the FAQ titled "How do I add my PHP directory to the PATH on Windows" for information on how to do this. Although copying libmysql.dll to the Windows system directory also works (because the system directory is by default in the system's PATH), it's not recommended. -----Original Message----- From: viraj [mailto:kalinga@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:14 AM To: Dan Cc: Michael Louie Loria; php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Re: Problem with mysql_connect(...) this is a dll issue; if you are running php5 on windows! read this.. http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Web_Languages/PHP/PHP_Installation/Q_210 77014.html ~viraj. On 9/19/05, Dan <dseibert9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If this is a windows computer, you might want to try adding C:\PHP (or > whatever directory your PHP resides) into the path. I read somewhere that > this needs to be done for PHP5 and MySQL. Not sure if it was true but > seemed to clear up the problems I was having getting the 2 to talk to either > other. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Louie Loria [mailto:michaellouieloria@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 2:19 AM > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Problem with mysql_connect(...) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > > Hello. > > > > I'm trying to connect to my MySQL server with mysql_connect(...). The > server is up and running, > and I'm running Apache with PHP properly installed. The code: > > > > $hleServer = mysql_connect($host, $user, $password) > > or die("Error: Database. Error code: 1. Contact the web master!"); > > > > $host, $user, and $password are set to correct values (checked and double > checked). The funny > thing is that not only does the function call fail, but I'm not even getting > the text defined by > die("..."). It seems that the function call is more or less a black hole. Of > course the rest of > the script doesn't execute either, I'm just left with a blank page. > > > > I didn't use to have this problem before (using PHP 5 now instead of 4). > > check your configurations again. Try checking as if it was a fresh > install of PHP5 > > php5apache2.dll is for PHP5 > > and probably you httpd.conf stills contains php4apache2.dll > > Michael Louie Loria > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Public Key: https://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x4A256EC8 > Comment: Public Key: http://www.lorztech.com/GPG.txt > Comment: Google, Skype, Yahoo ID: michaellouieloria > > iQEVAwUBQy6Cd7XBHi2y3jwfAQpZ/Qf/WE5JesJT5FtecqonOOsgsHvEnWXatzWQ > T/ajJxAcFXftSP8xbxs2z4HZqagwD05PIKN4Jqff+ibqY7zWp74J910ibyDNyHab > Ui9StkzWuuNvmbg/N8QIlNXbxUqFIugjaJargKnPrtH2X8wl+nHJ1hZf4huQhrX9 > 7xJb3tgaI521IC8c+h+w1SIG5tt90Vcp6U9m21pnbwEfj01nky95JTuD1+6yWZD+ > pZlJ7qrFzTgbKKty1kshIG42wvPuDLrHBayb9+aKo5LeX/Qbfab7iueUMJDoNxAO > j+NwG/x8R/qb5eqGuhcMNmYn+GxwiQdawk1c4hGj4nN6BGFsGf67vg== > =VUIf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0537-2, 09/16/2005 > Tested on: 9/19/2005 5:18:51 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.1/104 - Release Date: 9/16/2005 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Yahoo! for Good > Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
