create a file with phpinfo() and make sure mysqli is listed in the loaded
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Niel Archer <not@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am in the process of learning php and I was trying to connect to a
> mysql
> > database on my own computer(localhost). I have done the following as
> > prerequisites:
> >
> > copied the dll files in system32
> > removed the semicolon(;) from extension=php_mysqli.dll
>
> You should NOT need to move the .dll at all. There is a
> setting in the ini which tells PHP where to look for extensions and that
> should have pointed to the original location. Hence, removing the
> semicolon should be the only part necessary.
>
> > In spite of doing the above when I try to run the following :
> >
> > <?php
> > $db = new MySQLi('localhost', 'root', 'Password123', 'test');
> > $sql = 'SELECT * FROM a123';
> > $result = $db->query($sql);
> >
> > while($row = $result->fetch_object()) {
> > echo '<div>' . $row->name . '</div>';
> > }
> >
> > $db->close();
> > ?>
> >
> > I get the error: *Fatal error*: Class 'MySQLi' not found in *C:\Program
> > Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\a.php* on line *2
> >
> > *Please guide me as to how can I get rid of this error?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kushal
>
>
>
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> Niel Archer
> niel.archer (at) blueyonder.co.uk
>
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