[TriLUG] Re: Lamp not lit?

[J.C. Jones]

Noah,

After writing that email, I began searching for tips on how to compile 
php with mysql. I stumbled on php-mysql ( which I believe one of the 
earlier respondents made mention of.. I am in the process of loading 
that as I write this email.

Thanks for all the respondents to my problem. Hopefully it is now 
solved. If not, I will be back with pleas for more help.

jcj

Noah Fontes wrote:

> J.C. Jones wrote:
>
>> Mike, Lance and all other php/mysql users.
>>
>> After reading and reading in php documentation, I find:
>>
>> MySQL Functions
>> Introduction
>> These functions allow you to access MySQL database servers. More 
>> information about MySQL can be found at » http://www.mysql.com/.
>> Documentation for MySQL can be found at » http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
>> Requirements
>> In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP with 
>> MySQL support.
>>
>> PHP 5+
>> MySQL is not enabled by default, nor is the MySQL library bundled 
>> with PHP. Read this FAQ for details on why. Use the 
>> --with-mysql[=DIR] configure option to include MySQL support. You can 
>> download headers and libraries from » MySQL.
>>
>> The way that I read it, I have to compile php using 
>> --with-mysql[=DIR] .  This will be a first for me. Up to now, I have 
>> used rpm, deb, and other binaries. I have never had to compile 
>> anything other than hello.c or something that small.
>>
>> Wish me good luck :-) Any hints for compiling on Fedora Core 5 would 
>> be appreciated.
>>
>> jcj
>
>
> The PHP documentation is referring specifically to how to build the 
> package from source there.
>
> The RPM package maintainers will (should) build the package with the 
> MySQL module shared so it can be split off into a separate package. 
> Chances are the package you need is named something like php5-mysql or 
> php-mysql; just use yum to grab it. That'll install the .so you're 
> missing.
>
> Good luck,
>

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