How do I get MySQL commands to work in PHP?

Well, I've got MySQL and PHP both working, but they are not working
together.  I did some research onlne, and discovered that MySQL support is
not enabled by default, and I found instructions for enabling them, but they
were for linux and I'm on a windows machine, and they were a little bit
cryptic.  Since it stands to reason than many of you have already dealt with
this issue, I thought I'd ask. Could someone please help me.  It would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Tony Peardon wrote:
> Well, I've got MySQL and PHP both working, but they are not working
> together.  I did some research onlne, and discovered that MySQL support is
> not enabled by default, and I found instructions for enabling them, but th
ey
> were for linux and I'm on a windows machine, and they were a little bit
> cryptic.  Since it stands to reason than many of you have already dealt wi
th
> this issue, I thought I'd ask. Could someone please help me.  It would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Easy google usage gives many links to documentation that has to do with
installing php/apache/mysql on microsoft environments, here is one

http://www.webmasterstop.com/48.html

If you will use the machine for more than just playing around, I do strongly
suggest you look at the *nix solutions like linux.


//Aho

"Tony Peardon" <rWorldDesigns@yahoo.ca> schreef in bericht
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> Well, I've got MySQL and PHP both working, but they are not working
> together.  I did some research onlne, and discovered that MySQL support is
> not enabled by default, and I found instructions for enabling them, but
they
> were for linux and I'm on a windows machine, and they were a little bit
> cryptic.  Since it stands to reason than many of you have already dealt
with
> this issue, I thought I'd ask. Could someone please help me.  It would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>

"Tony Peardon" <rWorldDesigns@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:tnICf.202866$OU5.4567@clgrps13...
> Well, I've got MySQL and PHP both working, but they are not working
> together.  I did some research onlne, and discovered that MySQL support is
> not enabled by default, and I found instructions for enabling them, but
> they
> were for linux and I'm on a windows machine, and they were a little bit
> cryptic.  Since it stands to reason than many of you have already dealt
> with
> this issue, I thought I'd ask. Could someone please help me.  It would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>
if you are using the command-line, you need to create a PHP.INI from one of
the samples.
then you'll find out the extension lines are coded wrong because the DLLs
are installed in the ext subdirectory. try
extension=ext/php_mysql.dll
instead of the INI's default
extension=php_mysql.dll

MySQL then works great.

if you are using XAMPP (includes web server)
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html , you won't have to mess with
this stuff.  just plug and go.