http 500 internal server error - installation problem only on MySQL

[11oclocktuesday]

Can anyone help.

I try to run a simple MySQL script within PHP on my computer using it as a local host - and I keep getting http 500 internal server error. My computer will run the php script if I take out the MySQL instructions.

I have set up my computer with php 5.2.5, Apache 2.0.63, MySQL 5.0. I can access all the files under locahost and it can run php scripts - so Apache and php must be OK. I can run MySQL from a command line - so that must be OK. I have pointed my.cnf to the correct directory. I have a windows XP professional operating system - and I can't see any permissions rights (under properties, advanced) so I am assuming that because there is only one login - then all programs should be able to execute all files.

I read one of the other posts (related to JS script) saying that it could be a class path problem - where and how would I check that? and how do I find my log file?

cheers

Any suggestions?

[ronverdonk]

First check your error log to see what happened.

(Many times this type of error shows with an invalid .htaccess definition, which shows up in the log as ".... htaccess: Invalid command 'xxxx', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration....")

Ronald

[11oclocktuesday]

There was a problem with the tutorial I was using, I found this test script for just testing if the MySQL connection works. I then just kept adding components until it was usefull[php]<?php $link = mysql_connect
('localhost','root','mysecretpassword');
if (!$link) {
die ('Could not connect to MySql: ' . mysql_error() );
}
echo 'Connection you little beauty it works;'
mysql_close($link);
?>[/php]

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