PHP/mysql failure: Can't find mysql_pconnect

Paul Duffy odubtaig at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Jun 19 00:12:20 UTC 2004


On Saturday 19 Jun 2004 01:22, Bert Buckley - Uniq Software/Systems wrote:
> I have installed Fedora Core 1, including apache, php, and mysql.
>
> The apache daemon starts (I fixed the startup bug mentioned in
> an earlier posting) and it begins with no problem.  I have built
> an httpd.conf file with some virtual hosts, and all is well...
> except when I access a php script that tries to access a mysql
> db.  I can access the db from the command line with no problem.
>
> The precise error is
>
>     PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function:  mysql_pconnect() in...

This would be due to MySQL now using the LGPL which makes it incompatible for 
distribution with a GPL distribution like Fedora. There is, I believe, now an 
exception clause specifically for PHP/MySQL but you'll have to get it from 
http://www.php.net/

regards, Paul





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