Hi everyone, first thank you for ALL help and the understanding that I am new to PHP and MySQL. This is a long email and for that I apologize but I am trying to provide as much detail as possible. If this is the wrong list to ask for help, kindly direct me to the proper authority. I am trying to learn and I have built the following environment. Windows Server 2008 Standard 32bit service Pack 2 with IIS7 mysql-essential-5.1.41-win32 php-5.3.1-nts-Win32-VC9-x86.msi phpMyAdmin-3.2.4-english.zip I followed the steps as detailed below (I already had IIS7 and CGI installed) 1. Install CGI & PHP http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/iis-7-install-fastcgi-php/2008-09-04/ 2. Install MySQL http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/install-mysql-on-iis7/2008-09-10/ 3. Install PHPMyAdmin http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/install-phpmyadmin-on-iis7-and-server-2008/2008-09-16/ After I completed the installations 1. If I navigate to the PHP directory and type php -info it spews a ton of data at me AND I created info.php which contains: <?php phpinfo(); ?> When I browse this, it correctly produces a page with all the info about my PHP server. Although I do not understand much of it I believe this confirms PHP is working correctly with IIS 2. I open the MySQL CLI and perform the commands outlined in Step 23 at this page http://www.bicubica.com/apache-php-mysql/index.php This returns the expected results, confirming MySQL is working 3. PHP is configured to work with php_mysql.dll as per the steps in the trainsignal links above so I begin! I go to the phpmyadmin page, enter root and my password and after a long time I get a FastCGI error. I am not ready to believe it because, in classic MS form, it has several VERY different potential causes, and I have covered all of those. Plus the error code is 0x00000000 which is like saying nothing... I start thinking maybe it is not connecting to the mYSQL server right, the instructions re: pma and the password made no sense to me so I fiddle with that with no change. I write the mysql_test.php page in step 5 of http://www.bicubica.com/apache-php-mysql/index.php This fails with: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. Because the PHP failed I try with ASP... <% set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") conn.ConnectionString="Driver={mySQL};Server=localhost;Database=test;User Id=root;Password=youwish" conn.open Response.write("Connected") conn.close %> This returns: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005' [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified /test.asp, line 4 I believe I have established MySQL is working, but for some reason it appears that it cannot be "reached" This IS on the same server so firewall should not be an issue, PLUS I confirmed the installer did create a hole. I turn off the MS firewall to be safe, no change.... I try a "repair" of MySQL, I uninstall, reboot and reinstall with no change. NOTE: at several points I have tried iisreset and/or rebooting the system with no change. I start to research the matter and my mind is now unglued. I found something referencing using mcrypt with PHPMyAdmin to speed it up and wondered if maybe the long delay before the FastCGI error could be resolved so I tracked down the dll, put it in my ext directory and changed my php.ini to reflect this -- file found at http://files.edin.dk/php/win32/mcrypt/ I found quite a bit about using libmysql.dll but there was no such file in my install, I pulled down the .zip package and that also did not contain it, I eventually found it in a 5.2.x archive but that does not seem to have helped. I have tried enabling: only mysql, mysql AND mysqli, and only mysqli. None of this seems to have done anything to change my situation. Again, I apologize for the lengthy message, I hope I have accurately described my issue in the right amount of detail. Thank You! Adam Sonzogni -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
