Unable to establish database connection via PHP3
Hello mysql gurus I am fairly new to mysql and php3. mysql server is running ok and I created a table and inserted a few records. php3 is also working ok and I am able to run a regular 'Hello World' script. BUT when I include a phpinfo() and call that -- I don't see an entry with the extension MySQL. Does this mean that the MySQL connection was not successful? I am unable to query using PHP3. I know that there could be any of hundreds of things wrong with the set-up but would be happy to receive some pointers to trouble shoot. Best Wishes for the Season to Everybody Fouwaaz - 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
Re: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3
Did you configure your web server (Apache?) for MySQL and PHP? - Original Message - From: Mohammed Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3 Hello mysql gurus I am fairly new to mysql and php3. mysql server is running ok and I created a table and inserted a few records. php3 is also working ok and I am able to run a regular 'Hello World' script. BUT when I include a phpinfo() and call that -- I don't see an entry with the extension MySQL. Does this mean that the MySQL connection was not successful? I am unable to query using PHP3. I know that there could be any of hundreds of things wrong with the set-up but would be happy to receive some pointers to trouble shoot. Best Wishes for the Season to Everybody Fouwaaz - 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
Re: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3
It is Personal Web Server -- but I am not sure whether any special configuration is necessary for MySQL and PHP3. I installed PWS first and then MySQL and lastly PHP3. Thanks Regards Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you configure your web server (Apache?) for MySQL and PHP? - Original Message - From: Mohammed Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3 Hello mysql gurus I am fairly new to mysql and php3. mysql server is running ok and I created a table and inserted a few records. php3 is also working ok and I am able to run a regular 'Hello World' script. BUT when I include a phpinfo() and call that -- I don't see an entry with the extension MySQL. Does this mean that the MySQL connection was not successful? I am unable to query using PHP3. I know that there could be any of hundreds of things wrong with the set-up but would be happy to receive some pointers to trouble shoot. Best Wishes for the Season to Everybody Fouwaaz - 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 -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ - 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
Re: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3
This is a PHP issue. I don't recall the version when MySQL support became standard, but PHP3 is too old to be of much use. Especially with the new features for security introduced in PHP 4.2.0. Your best bet is to upgrade to a current release of PHP. That way you'll have MySQL support built-in plus all the other goodies. Regards, Doug On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 09:59:02 -0800, Mohammed Fouwaaz wrote: I am fairly new to mysql and php3. mysql server is running ok and I created a table and inserted a few records. php3 is also working ok and I am able to run a regular 'Hello World' script. BUT when I include a phpinfo() and call that -- I don't see an entry with the extension MySQL. Does this mean that the MySQL connection was not successful? I am unable to query using PHP3. I know that there could be any of hundreds of things wrong with the set-up but would be happy to receive some pointers to trouble shoot. Best Wishes for the Season to Everybody - 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
Re: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3
Don't know anything about PWS ... - Original Message - From: Mohammed Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gerald R. Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3 It is Personal Web Server -- but I am not sure whether any special configuration is necessary for MySQL and PHP3. I installed PWS first and then MySQL and lastly PHP3. Thanks Regards Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you configure your web server (Apache?) for MySQL and PHP? - Original Message - From: Mohammed Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3 Hello mysql gurus I am fairly new to mysql and php3. mysql server is running ok and I created a table and inserted a few records. php3 is also working ok and I am able to run a regular 'Hello World' script. BUT when I include a phpinfo() and call that -- I don't see an entry with the extension MySQL. Does this mean that the MySQL connection was not successful? I am unable to query using PHP3. I know that there could be any of hundreds of things wrong with the set-up but would be happy to receive some pointers to trouble shoot. Best Wishes for the Season to Everybody Fouwaaz - 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 -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ - 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
Unable to establish database connection via PHP3
Hi Gerald, PWS is the Personal Web Server -- a little web server provided by microsoft supposedly good enough to host pages over an intranet. Thanks to the input of everyone, I managed to make a little progress in my problem. This is what I did: I edited the php3.ini file as follows. 1. changed 'extension_dir' to point to my phy-install-dir which was c:\php3 2. pointed 'browscap' to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inetsrv\browscap.ini and presto the php hiccups seem to ok now. When I include a phpinfo() I do see an extension with MySQL. But now I see a different error message on the browser when I include $db = mysql_connect(localhost) The error message is Error: Unable to connect to MySQL server: : '' : Thanks in advance. With Best Regards Fouwaaz PS: And sorry folks for my obvious bungling with the fonts and stuff -- my email account is also fairly new, sending messages in html and asking for return receipts -- needs a bit of getting used to. Thanks Gerald R. Jensen wrote: Don't know anything about PWS ... - Original Message - From: Mohammed Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: Gerald R. Jensen Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3 It is Personal Web Server -- but I am not sure whether any special configuration is necessary for MySQL and PHP3. I installed PWS first and then MySQL and lastly PHP3. Thanks Regards Fouwaaz Did you configure your web server (Apache?) for MySQL and PHP? - Original Message - From: Mohammed Fouwaaz [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: Unable to establish database connection via PHP3 Hello mysql gurus I am fairly new to mysql and php3. mysql server is running ok and I created a table and inserted a few records. php3 is also working ok and I am able to run a regular 'Hello World' script. BUT when I include a phpinfo() and call that -- I don't see an entry with the extension MySQL. Does this mean that the MySQL connection was not successful? I am unable to query using PHP3. I know that there could be any of hundreds of things wrong with the set-up but would be happy to receive some pointers to trouble shoot. Best Wishes for the Season to Everybody Fouwaaz - 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][EMAIL PROTECTED]http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php To unsubscribe, e-mail Trouble unsubscribing? Try: -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ - 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
