Has a quick overview of installation : http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php
A whole load more tutorials : http://www.domaincarecenter.com/php_programming_tutorials.htm Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "agc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "KH Chiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Jon Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:46 AM Subject: phpMyadmin > I have downloaded phpmyadmin, and installed, well not really, I placed > it under /var/www/html, and decompressed therr, it generated its own > directory, and so, well I am getting an error msg: > > cannot load MySQL extension, > please check PHP Configuration. > > when I check the docs I get this solution > > To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called > "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP server > (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name is > probably mysql.so or mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the extension > but failed. > > Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called > "PHP-MySQL" or something similar. > > so from where can I download this "PHP-MySQL"? or where can I get > mysql.so? and how do I tell php to load it? thanks in advance. > > another qquestin and please for give me in advance, but this is > something I .. well which is mysql adminniistrative uuser? is it mysql? > I am running linnux rethat 8, and installed mysql from the disctibution > cd rom. I ask this because in thee installation instructions for > phpmyadmin says that I have to type the root myslq user name and mysql > host.... is mysql host localhost? thanks in advance. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
