[Wylug-help] RedHat - MySQL - PHP

[Emma Hoddinott]

The packages were installed from RPM not source.

Emma

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Macdonald [mailto:andy at greenhead.ac.uk]
Sent: 18 July 2003 13:40
To: emma at grgprint.com
Cc: wylug-help at wylug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] RedHat - MySQL - PHP

Emma,

When installing PHP did you configure something like:

{/usr/local/php-4.1.2}> ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
{/usr/local/php-4.1.2}> --with-xml \
{/usr/local/php-4.1.2}> --with-apache=../apache_1.3.23 \
{/usr/local/php-4.1.2}> --enable-track-vars

before making and installing?

On Fri, 18 Jul, Emma Hoddinott  wrote:
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> I am running a Linux Server with RedHat 7.3 and Apache 1.3.23
>
> MySQL 3.23.49 and PHP 4.1.2.
>
> PHP web pages work fine (giving basic echos and phpinfo) , MySQL works
> through a web interface Webmin fine (I can add and remove databases
and
> tables) .
>
> The problem occurs when I try to run a web page that include PHP
trying
> to access MySQL.
>
> For example : -
>
> This reference to MySql will not run.
>
> echo "hello";
> if (!($database = mysql_connect("localhost", "root")))
> {
> echo "Could not connect to database";
> }
> else
> {
> echo "could";
> }
>
> I receive the following error: www.grgprint.com/test.php.
>
> Cannot find server.
>
> Any help on this stumping problem would be appreciated.
>
> Emma
>
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