Including php_mysql in php5 on fedora 4

Brian Gaynor briang at pmccorp.com
Wed Oct 26 00:29:05 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 11:48 -0700, Roy Erickson wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I'm trying to help my son get a "eqdkp.org" server running. After 
> following it's install instructions we get to the point where it 
> complains that the mysql module is not present.
> 
> phpinfo shows that the "configure command" has '--without-mysql' in 
> what I presume was the compile option. (I just selected php and all 
> related php modules I saw during the Fedora install -- maybe I forgot 
> one?).
> 
> php.org discusses the issue: (( See http://us3.php.net/mysql ))
> 
> "PHP 5+
> 
> MySQL is not enabled by default, nor is the MySQL library bundled with 
> PHP. ... Use the --with-mysql[=DIR] configure option to include MySQL 
> support. You can download headers and libraries from MySQL."
> 
> 
> When I go there I don't see any clear instructions on what I need to do:
> 	-- how to recompile php (where is the makefile, or what ever it these 
> days we use to compile)
> 	-- where to get and then where to put php_mysql.so
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.

No need to recompile, just:

    #yum install php-mysql

followed by

    # service httpd restart

P.S. Please don't "hijack" an existing thread by changing the subject
line, start a new thread with a new message.

-- 
Brian Gaynor
www.pmccorp.com
FC4/Linux on DELL Inspiron 5160 3.0Ghz 
canis 17:27:45 up 8:58, 2 users, 
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