Fatal error: Call to undefined function

[gc]

I'm a PHP and MySQL newbie. I have a feeling a lot of you may have seen this
before. I'm teaching myself PHP/MySQL and trying to setup a guestbook. I'm
running latest versions of Apache, PHP and MySql on WIN 2000. PHP is
installed from the zip file. When serving php docs (code snippets below) I
get the messages:

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() "

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_pconnect() "

I've been reading and searching and trying all sorts of things to fix this
and can't find the solution. I've removed the comment from the line
"extension=php_mysql.dll" in php.ini. (Below is the MySQL section of
php.ini. It's pretty standard, I'm using defaults.) I edited my Apache
config file with the needed lines:

### Section 4: PHP 5 Module
#
LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache2/PHP/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/PHP"

When I run phpinfo, MySQL is not listed. Do I need to enable it in the
configure command? How do I edit the configure command. Per phpinfo, It now
reads:

Configure Command cscript /nologo configure.js "--with-gd=shared"
"--enable-snapshot-build"

I read these comments online:

Ok, your php.ini file is set to 'on' for mysql.allow_persistent, but is
mysql really enabled? Does your configure command look something like this?

'./configure'
'--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql'............................................

If you don't have --with-mysql it means that you cannot use mysql
functions, so compile PHP again with this option.

How do I edit that pesky configure command. I searched, but couldn't find an
answer. So, where am I going wrong? Thanks for reading and big thanks for
any help.

gene

su******@verizon.net

php.ini snippet (comments removed for easier reading:

[MySQL]
mysql.allow_persistent = On
mysql.max_persistent = -1
mysql.max_links = -1
mysql.default_port =
mysql.default_socket =
mysql.default_host =
mysql.default_user =
mysql.default_password =
mysql.connect_timeout = 60
mysql.trace_mode = Off
guest.php code snippet:

//connect
// change localhost to your db host name
mysql_pconnect( "http://aulon.dyndns.org/", "$username", "$password")
or die( "Unable to connect to SQL server");
mysql_select_db( "$db_name") or die( "Unable to select database");
guestbook.php code snippet:
// Connect to DB
$li = mysql_connect($dbHost, $dbUser, $dbPass) or die("Could not connect");
mysql_select_db($dbDatabase, $li) or die ("could not select DB");

[Jasper Bryant-Greene]

gc wrote:

I've been reading and searching and trying all sorts of things to fix this
and can't find the solution. I've removed the comment from the line
"extension=php_mysql.dll" in php.ini. (Below is the MySQL section of
php.ini. It's pretty standard, I'm using defaults.) I edited my Apache
config file with the needed lines:
So you've uncommented the extension line in php.ini - have you copied
libMySQL.dll from the PHP directory (or one of the directories under it
- I forget what the dir is called now) into your \windows\system32 or
equivilant directory? PHP needs this MySQL client library for the
extension to work.
How do I edit that pesky configure command. I searched, but couldn't find an
answer. So, where am I going wrong? Thanks for reading and big thanks for
any help.

You can't edit the configure command with a Windows binary distribution
- the configure command is passed at build-time but you aren't building
from source.

--
Jasper Bryant-Greene
Cabbage Promotions

[Pjotr Wedersteers]

gc wrote:

I'm a PHP and MySQL newbie. I have a feeling a lot of you may have
seen this before. I'm teaching myself PHP/MySQL and trying to setup a
guestbook. I'm running latest versions of Apache, PHP and MySql on
WIN 2000. PHP is installed from the zip file. When serving php docs
(code snippets below) I get the messages:

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() "

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_pconnect() "

I've been reading and searching and trying all sorts of things to fix
this and can't find the solution. I've removed the comment from the
line "extension=php_mysql.dll" in php.ini. (Below is the MySQL
section of php.ini. It's pretty standard, I'm using defaults.) I
edited my Apache config file with the needed lines:

### Section 4: PHP 5 Module
#
LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache2/PHP/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/PHP"

Latest MySQL and PHP5 don't mix by default on Windows. You need another
Mysqllib. There are some functions that no longer exist in PHP I believe. I
found it a nightmare to get it to work, but others can probably point out
how exactly to do this. I gave up after hours of toying, went back to PHP
4.3.8 so I can't exactly tell you how to go about it.

Good luck
Pjotr

[gc]

Thanks, Pjotr! I went to v4.3.8 and it works with no problems! What a
headache that was trying to get v5 to work, and me being a newbie, it was
really not fun at all.

Thanks also, to everyone that replied.
gene

"Pjotr Wedersteers" <x3****@westerterp.com> wrote in message
news:41***********************@news.xs4all.nl...

gc wrote:

I'm a PHP and MySQL newbie. I have a feeling a lot of you may have
seen this before. I'm teaching myself PHP/MySQL and trying to setup a
guestbook. I'm running latest versions of Apache, PHP and MySql on
WIN 2000. PHP is installed from the zip file. When serving php docs
(code snippets below) I get the messages:

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() "

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_pconnect() "

I've been reading and searching and trying all sorts of things to fix
this and can't find the solution. I've removed the comment from the
line "extension=php_mysql.dll" in php.ini. (Below is the MySQL
section of php.ini. It's pretty standard, I'm using defaults.) I
edited my Apache config file with the needed lines:

### Section 4: PHP 5 Module
#
LoadModule php5_module "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache2/PHP/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
PHPIniDir "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/PHP"
Latest MySQL and PHP5 don't mix by default on Windows. You need another
Mysqllib. There are some functions that no longer exist in PHP I believe.

I found it a nightmare to get it to work, but others can probably point out
how exactly to do this. I gave up after hours of toying, went back to PHP
4.3.8 so I can't exactly tell you how to go about it.

Good luck
Pjotr

[Sebastian Lauwers]

gc wrote:

Thanks, Pjotr! I went to v4.3.8 and it works with no problems! What a
headache that was trying to get v5 to work, and me being a newbie, it was
really not fun at all.
Next time just put your libmysql.dll in your PATH environment.

AND hell STOP multiposting!!
You said newbie?
Thanks also, to everyone that replied.
gene

Sebastian
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