[Mediawiki-l] newbie install problems

[Harris, Mike]

Thanks, I was able to fix the problem!

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On Mar 16, 2006, at 1:01 PM, Harris, Mike wrote:

> 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?
>

On my RedHat ES 3 system--

[root at hostname etc]# cd /usr/lib/php4/
[root at hostname  php4]# ls
imap.so  ldap.so  mysql.so
[root at hostname php4]#

you inidicated you are using php4, so look for the php4 modules 
directory.  It's also set in php.ini

[root at shelob etc]# grep /usr/lib php.ini
extension_dir = /usr/lib/php4

The way you get PHP working in Windows is ridiculous in IMO, but that's 
another topic

> Do I need to copy the mysql module to somewhere like in windows?
>
> Thanks
>
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> On Mar 16, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Harris, Mike wrote:
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>> I am installing an old version of mediawiki with the following
> versions
>>
>>
>>
>> Mediawiki 3.7.1
>>
>>
>>
>> PHP 4.3.10-16 (apache)
>>
>>
>>
>> MySQL 4.0.24  (the debian package)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The installation goes fine until I try to access the main page.  I
> then
>> get the error:
>>
>>
>>
>> "MySQL Functions Missing, have you compiled PHP with the -with-mysql
>> option?"
>>
>>
>
> 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,
>
>>
>> What do I need to do to configure my php install correctly.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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