The mysqli DLL file is not present in the PHP5rc3 for Win32 package, nor is it bundled. Can't find it in the PECL package either. Did they just forget to put the DLL in the package or is there a more esoteric explanation to this? Erik -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php