[phpFreak]

Hi and Salam

i am beginner learning php and when i try to install it on my windows xp system i get this error

Call to undefined function mysql_pconnect()

I don't understand What is the problem????

i install apache 1.3 / php 5 / mysql 5

any help is appreciated

[zubair]

Hi phpFreak,

You can try following the below steps and I'm sure it work out.

• Make sure that you have a valid php.ini in your windows directory.

• Try to copy libmysql.dll to the system32 directory (php_mysql.dll would not load without doing this).

• Set the extension_dir in php.ini to the ext directory of your PHP installation directory (like e.g. extension_dir=C:\php5\ext)

• Enable the MySQL extension in php.ini by uncommenting the line extension=php_mysql.dll.

• In the end Restart The Apache Server.

PHP 5 doesn't come with MySQL Support Enabled By Default you have to enable this manually and that might be the cause you were getting the error, because PHP wasn't able to find the mysql libraries required to load MySQL Support.

Cheers :-)

[phpFreak]

Originally Posted by zubair

Hi phpFreak,

You can try following the below steps and I'm sure it work out.

• Make sure that you have a valid php.ini in your windows directory.

• Try to copy libmysql.dll to the system32 directory (php_mysql.dll would not load without doing this).

• Set the extension_dir in php.ini to the ext directory of your PHP installation directory (like e.g. extension_dir=C:\php5\ext)

• Enable the MySQL extension in php.ini by uncommenting the line extension=php_mysql.dll.

• In the end Restart The Apache Server.

PHP 5 doesn't come with MySQL Support Enabled By Default you have to enable this manually and that might be the cause you were getting the error, because PHP wasn't able to find the mysql libraries required to load MySQL Support.

Cheers :-)

jazak-allah zubair

it worked after i put my php.ini file to the windows directory