Nevermind, fellow php users, unless you want to try to think of solving this problem for us in the near future. :) I have uninstalled PHP5, and reinstall PHP as v4.4.2 using mysql and old_password in database to get PHP to talk with mysql. *Sigh.* I don't know what happened. Thanks to all that helped, Allen PS: thanks for bringing up that display_errors to on thing. But weird that PHP4 reported it and not php5. > On 1/22/06, Allen Schultz <allen.schultz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Just turned on display_errors. Let me check. > > > > On 1/22/06, PHP Superman <phpinfolist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > did you turn on display_errors and set error reporting to E_ALL in php.ini? > > > if not you should > > > > > > On 1/20/06, Allen Schultz <allen.schultz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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