Hello all, I'm running Fedora 12 (64-bit), Apache 2.2.14, PHP 5.3.1, MySQL 5.1.42, on a Dell laptop. I'm trying to access a local MySQL database using PHP. When I execute this code from the shell (as: php testcode.php) <?php $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password'); if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } echo 'Connected successfully'; mysql_close($link); ?> I get the message: Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() The FAQ on the PHP site says: "Unix users, at least the ones who know what they are doing, tend to always build PHP against their system's libmysqlclient library simply by adding the --with-mysql=/usr option when building PHP." But I'd like to avoid compiling PHP from source. I've had endless trouble getting non-rpm code to play nice with this 64-bit distro of Fedora. Also, I don't want to wind up with multiple copies of PHP (or MySQL, or Apache). A reply to an earlier poster read: ====== It sounds like the MySQL extension module isn't loading. Here are some things to confirm: - Ensure the module is declared in your php.ini file - If it exists in the php.ini, confirm the module is located and named as stated in the php.ini file. - If the module is named and located in the proper place, check your permissions on that extension. You want to make sure whatever is running your site can access the module. ======= I've tried obeying the above instructions, with no luck. I'm also confused by the lines in php.ini: ;;;; ; Note: packaged extension modules are now loaded via the .ini files ; found in the directory /etc/php.d; these are loaded by default. ;;;; As guides, I initially used the following two pages: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=94257 (Title: Every server setup imaginable) http://www.somacon.com/p109.php (Title: Resolving a Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in RedHat) and have been reading the PHP and MySQL documentation. As per the Fedora Forum thread, I have executed: yum install php httpd system-config-httpd mod_ssl as well as: yum install mysql-server mysql mysql-gui-tools and: yum install php-mysql I've also tried altering /etc/php.ini with extension_dir = "/usr/lib64/php/modules/" which is where my mysql.so is found, and extension=mysql.so The output of my phpinfo() includes: mysql MySQL Support enabled Active Persistent Links 0 Active Links 0 Client API version 5.1.42 MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE external MYSQL_SOCKET /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock MYSQL_INCLUDE -I/usr/include/mysql MYSQL_LIBS -L/usr/lib64/mysql -lmysqlclient Directive Local Value Master Value mysql.allow_local_infile On On mysql.allow_persistent On On mysql.connect_timeout 60 60 mysql.default_host no value no value mysql.default_password no value no value mysql.default_port no value no value mysql.default_socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock mysql.default_user no value no value mysql.max_links Unlimited Unlimited mysql.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited mysql.trace_mode Off Off mysqli MysqlI Support enabled Client API library version 5.1.42 Active Persistent Links 0 Inactive Persistent Links 0 Active Links 0 Client API header version 5.1.39 MYSQLI_SOCKET /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock Directive Local Value Master Value mysqli.allow_local_infile On On mysqli.allow_persistent On On mysqli.default_host no value no value mysqli.default_port 3306 3306 mysqli.default_pw no value no value mysqli.default_socket no value no value mysqli.default_user no value no value mysqli.max_links Unlimited Unlimited mysqli.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited mysqli.reconnect Off Off I'm just about out of ideas. The website I'm building will be strictly local, for learning MySQL and PHP. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance... Andy -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php