John Haxby [jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > Well, yes, of course, it's a lot nicer than my > > echo '<? phpinfo() ?>' | php | grep -i mysql > > but you have to > > * Make sure your web server is running > * Find an editor to edit a file > * Do it again, this time as root > * Find the browser, point it at the right place in the web server > * Move the file to where it is supposed to be > * Fix the permissions True, I did make a lot of assumptions - maybe I misunderstood the original post, but IMHO the original post "gave the impression" that the webserver was already working and that PHP *was* built in :-) and he just wanted to know whether or not MySQL support was built in. > > Even if you cut out the mistakes it's still takes 10 times as long to > get a "YES" out of it. For what it's worth, even though I thought I > knew the answer, I actually did > > echo '<? phpinfo(); ?>' | php | less -i > > and searched for mysql. Just a difference of opinion - knowing that my webserver *is* working and does have PHP built in, it took me probably 5(all right, maybe 10) seconds to type in that one line script and put it in my webserver doc root, browse to it, and get the page displayed - then another 2 seconds to bring up browser search and search for 'mysql' and get my answer. So maybe you're right - your way is faster. But it's a good test vehicle to go through the exercise of putting a phpinfo script in your webserver doc root - it tells you if your webserver is working properly (assuming PHP is built in), and it gives nicely formatted output about your webserver. -- Hardy Merrill Red Hat, Inc.
