Re: [Mediawiki-l] newbie install problems

I have that line: extension=mysql.so in my php.ini file but is there a .lib or some other file I need to copy into the php directory for it to work? Do I need to copy the mysql module to somewhere like in windows? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jon Belanger Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:31 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] newbie install problems -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 16, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Harris, Mike wrote: versions then Hi Mike, PHP is pain in this regard. I've had to re-write code in PERL to get around this in some distributions. The issue is this: in PHP, it's not enough to un-comment a module in the php.ini file, for in this case mysql functions. PHP must be COMPILED with the --with-mysql flag set if you hope to use the mysql functions. I'm not sure if it's default in the ./configure script. You can't just get the PHP mysql module and copy it to the PHP distribution and uncomment the mysql module line in php.ini Please correct me on this if you find out otherwise, I've been under this impression for some reason... Anyway, in your case --with-mysql might have been set when PHP was compiled. If this is Debian stable then it probably was, but I'm not a Debian guy. So, if it is, then, you have to set this ; Enable mysql extension module extension=mysql.so In your php.ini. Good luck, Jon Belanger Computer Systems Specialist Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Massachusetts Amherst _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l