[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki 1.15.1 on Vista Home Premium Edition install error

Platonides Platonides at gmail.com
Tue Sep 8 22:53:44 UTC 2009


cknell en onebox.com wrote:
> Tell me if I understand correctly.
> 
> In order to use MySQL, PHP must load the extension php_mysql.dll.
> 
> This file is located in the "ext" subdirectory one level down from the root of the php install directory.
> 
> In order to load this file, the directory must be in the search path. On my computer, the directory is d:\php\ext
> 
> If I see "d:\php\ext" in my search path ( I type "echo %PATH%" and <Enter> at a command window prompt to see it.), then PHP should be able to load this .dll.

I don't think php does it, although if it's in the PATH php may also get it.
PHP configuration is at file php.ini
Php should load php_mysql.dll when you have extension=php_mysql.dll on
the appropiate section there.
It expects to find that file at the folder pointed by extension_dir





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