Sorry, I was in a rush to work guys. All these were downloaded pre-compliled for Win32. Apache 2.0.55 PHP 5.1.1 w/php_mysqli.dll (improved mysql) MySQL 5.0.18 This script: <html><head></head><body> <?php $link = mysqli_connect('localhost','root','xxxxxx'); if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo "error"; exit(); } else { echo "no error"; } ?> </body></html> turns into this: <html><head></head><body> no error </body></html> And this script: <html><head></head><body> <?php $link = mysqli_connect('localhost','root','xxxxxx'); if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo "error"; exit(); } if (!mysqli_select_db($link,"pers")) { echo "pers not found"; } else { if ($result = mysqli_multi_query($link, "select helloworld();")) { $row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_NUM); echo $row[0]; } else { echo "problem :("; } } ?> </body></html> turns to this: <html><head></head><body> </body></html> In summary again, It seems to want to connect to the database, but doesnt see anything after connecting using mysqli functions. That helloworld() function in the database exists. I'm following this page for a tutorial to find out why I cant use the database: http://mysql.gilfster.com/page.php?parent_id=4&page_id=4.0.2 On 1/19/06, Julien Bonastre <julien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you only compiled php with the mysqli libraries then you need to use > them > > What exactly are you have troubles with? A code snippet or version > examples would be good. Also is your database mysql5 engine I take it? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php