Matijn Woudt <tijn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Ashley Sheridan
><a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Curtis Maurand <cur...@maurand.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >Ethan Rosenberg wrote:
>> >> Dear List -
>> >>
>> >> My
>> >mysqli extension seems to have gone away.
>> >>
>> >> $host =
>> >'localhost';
>> >> $user = 'root';
>> >> $password = 'SdR3908';
>> >> echo "hello2<br />";
>> >>
>> >var_dump(function_exists('mysqli_connect'));// this returns
>boo(false)
>> >> $db = 'Store';
>> >> $cxn =
>> >mysqli_connect($host,$user,$password,$db);
>> >>
>> >> I tried to
>> >reinstall -
>> >>
>> >> rosenberg:/home/ethan# apt-get install
>> >php5-common libapache2-mod-php5
>> >> php5-cli
>> >> Reading
>> >package lists... Done
>> >> Building dependency tree
>> >> Reading
>> >state information... Done
>> >> libapache2-mod-php5 is already the
>> >newest version.
>> >> libapache2-mod-php5 set to manually
>> >installed.
>> >> php5-cli is already the newest version.
>> >>
>> >php5-cli set to manually installed.
>> >> php5-common is already the
>> >newest version.
>> >> php5-common set to manually installed.
>> >>
>> >0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> >>
>> >
>> >> It did not help.
>> >>
>> >> TIA
>> >>
>> >>
>> >Ethan
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> >Found
>> >this in ubuntu forums.
>> >
>> >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814736
>> >
>> >
>> >sudo apt-get install
>> >php5-mysql
>> >This package contains the PHP module that interfaces with the MySQL
>> >server.
>>
>> Could it be that the mysql service on the server has stopped.
>Typically
>> you'd do something like this on RedHat/Fedora servers:
>>
>> service mysqld status
>>
>> That would certainly stop the extension working from within PHP.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ash
>>
>>
>I'm sorry, but this is just plain wrong.
>The extension has nothing to do with the mysql service. In fact, a lot
>of
>the larger websites have their database service running at a different
>server, and probably don't even have the mysql service installed.
>
>- Matijn
Look at his connection settings, it says localhost...
Thanks,
Ash
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