Well.. no. I had checked that and have checked it again. There is a php_mysql.dll file on both the C:\Program Files\php\ext and C:\Program Files\php\extentions directories. The second is the directory I have defined as my extentions directory. File version number is 5.0.0.0 It was in the distro. (php-5.0.0-Win32.zip) I though php had Native support for mysql. Thus not needing any fidling for this to work. (Ah the optimist in me) My Phpmyadmin was updated after the fix of a bug of theirs that prevented it to work properly with php5. Thus that should not be a problem. I have no clue. I am stuck with this problem for nearly a month now. There is not a faq or how-to that I havent read. I guess I miss something very obvious. I cant go on learning more coding for php & mysql because of this problem. I have learned enough to write a little book on the subject of installation but no more. What could be wrong? Is something wrong with the ini files? I've read and reread them to no avail. Would someone from the list check it again please? Gün -----Original Message----- From: doris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 10:13 AM To: Gün Göksu Subject: Re: phpmyadmin connection problem with php & mysql Hi there, php_mysql.dll has to be downloaded and installed separately. It's not included anymore in the binary distribution packet. You can download it from the download page of php.net and it's called: pecl-5.0.2-Win32.zip Collection of PECL modules for PHP 5.0.2 [1,075Kb] - 23 Sep 2004 (Most of these PECL extension files come standard with PHP 4 Windows binaries but have since been moved into this separate PECL download. Files such as php_pdf.dll, php_zip.dll, etc.) md5: 5a95c4bf9561d12ad992dfb4e6e60222 Good luck! Doris =======Snip======= -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php