msql connection error

Hi guys I've been running through some php tutorials trying to minimized the painfully annoying newbie questions I throw out... but alas I am stuck again on what I am sure is another easy one for you pros. 

I am running PHP5 on apache 2.0.59 and mysql 5.0 which I configured manually I figured it would teach me a thing or 2 about the inner workings of the lot  so much for that! ...once again i'm stuck.


I am trying to connect to mysql through php with this code:

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","mypassword");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }

and I get this error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\phppractice\msql_connect.php

this is on a machine running windows XP pro with SP2 PLEEEASE HELP!!!!

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In php 5 mysql is not enabled by default. Open the php.ini file and add this :

Code:

extension=php_mysql.dll

I had figured that might be the problem and it was in the PHP.ini file already, I uncommented it and restart the apache server but I am still getting the error.

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thats nor true, mysql is a native lib in php 5 (at least the latest releases) try zend core:

http://www.zend.com/products/zend_core

 

thanks Olaf I installed zend core and I'm back in the game... and its really cool too! 

can anyone point me to some nice resources for php scripts I can download and practice with?

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thanks Olaf I installed zend core and I'm back in the game... and its really cool too! 

great, I need to test this too (on a new machine)!

can anyone point me to some nice resources for php scripts I can download and practice with?

with Zend core you got the Zend framework, Check the related tutorials on zend.com (devzone), this way you will learn php5 (don't learn coding with php4) from the beginning and maybe you will push php5 on this forum too

The MySQLi extension has a better performance than MySQL and is fully object oriented. If you're planning to use Windows for production use, I highly recommend not to use Apache. I had many problems with my Microsoft Windows 2003 server and Apache (Apache assigned too much RAM and didn't free up -> The used space became bigger and bigger and we couldn't access the server anymore. I read in some boards that I was not the only person having that problem. I think it's because of Winsock but I don't know for sure). Having switched to LightTPD I don't have any problems anymore and the pages are loadng much faster. Even big pages such as YouTube are using LightTPD. But the best way is to use Linux. On my Linux webserver I never have had problems with high RAM usage.

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Tim,

this is interesting, I have a small webserver (for fetching thumbnails from websites) at home (a WAMP configuration) and YES I have a lot off errors.
I though the errors are related to unclosed threads in apache.

I will try LightTPD thanks!

EDIT:

I guess you suggest to use this install?
http://www.kevinworthington.com:8181/?p=85

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If you are using windows you need to be careful. You should close the connection or use a persistent one to make it work better. Of course if you are using linux everything would be better

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If you are using windows you need to be careful. You should close the connection or use a persistent one to make it work better. Of course if you are using linux everything would be better

there is in windows no apache directive for preforc etc. or are you talking about mysql connections?

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I was talking for mysql

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I was talking for mysql

I don't use mysql for this windows server

Olaf, what sort of errors do you have? I didn't like the directory structure of Kevin Worthington's LightTPD installer. I made a batch file which is adapted to fit the needs.
Here you can download it: http://rapidshare.com/files/43987523/install.tar.html

one day I'll understand what you guys are talking about but until then... I'm still learning.

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Olaf, what sort of errors do you have? I didn't like the directory structure of Kevin Worthington's LightTPD installer. I made a batch file which is adapted to fit the needs.
Here you can download it: http://rapidshare.com/files/43987523/install.tar.html

do I need CGIWIN for this barch?

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one day I'll understand what you guys are talking about but until then... I'm still learning.

hehe, right I think this goes to far for your needs

Olaf, what sort of errors do you have? I didn't like the directory structure of Kevin Worthington's LightTPD installer. I made a batch file which is adapted to fit the needs.
Here you can download it: http://rapidshare.com/files/43987523/install.tar.html

do I need CGIWIN for this barch?

Yes, but it's already included within the installer.

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