are there multiple mysql configurations?

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When I configured PHP 4.2.3, the command was:

'./configure' '--with-mysql' '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--prefix=/usr/local/php4'

(Am using RH 7.3; Apache 1....; MySQL 3.23.52)
I remember after configuring/makeing it saying that the default mysql module may not be appropriate for all uses. What are other ways of configuring with MySQL? Do I need state the path, I don't know where it is, when I installed MySQL, I just used the default (no "--prefix=/folder/subfolder/).

I am having issues with PHP-Nuke and think this may be a solution...I hope. 😃

Thanks.