PHP and MYSQL
Randy Weidman
rweidman at watson.chemical.missouri.edu
Wed Jan 22 16:43:44 CST 2003
This may be due to permissions on the database also.
Randy
Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Advancewarning wrote:
> It shows up I have the MySQL Database in there. I created a new
> database called 'pratt' and created a table called 'Info' but it doesn't
> seem to work.
>
> Michael Pratt
> Pratt's Computers
> http://pratt.is-a-geek.com
> MCSE, CNA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric R. [mailto:rossiter at discoverynet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: Advancewarning
> Cc: KCLUG
> Subject: Re: PHP and MYSQL
>
> Advancewarning wrote:
> > What is the trick to getting PHP to connect to MYSQL?
> >
> >
> >
> > It blows up at this line:
> >
> > $connection = mysql_connect("$server","$username","$password");
> >
> >
> >
> > Giving me this:
> >
> > *Fatal error*: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in
> > */web/test.php* on line *15*
> >
>
> Well, as it was so elequently explained to me... :)
>
> mysql_connect can't find the database that it's looking for.
>
> Create a test page called info.php:
>
> <?php phpinfo() ?>
>
> Open it in your browser... you should see a block of information about
> MySQL... (my guess is, right now, it won't be there)
>
> (If it IS there, have you loaded the default MySQL DB after MySQL
> install?? I belive that was a fix for an earlier glitch of this sort.)
>
> If you compiled from source, run ./configure again with the --with-mysql
>
> option.
>
> Depending on your location of MySQL, it would look something like:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php
> --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
> --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-track-vars --enable-magic-quotes
> --enable-debugger
>
> If you're using rpm's, good luck, never got'em to work.
>
> Have a quality day,
> E
>
>
>
>
>
--
Randy Weidman
Linux Systems Administrator
University of Missouri
Dept. Of Chemical Engineering
QOTD:
On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd say... oh, somewhere in there.
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