RH7.3 Linking to mysql Issues

Discord

Hi I'm running RH7.3 with mysql 3.53 and php 4.2.1 However... php does not have access to my mysql database.

I'm getting the old "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /var/www/html/quotes.php on line 48"

PHP is up and working properly apart from not having mysql support, I'm pretty sure it was just installed without support for mysql. Is it possible to add in support for the mysql server to the existing php without needing a complete reinstall? If so how do i do this? Thanks

largo

No, I am afraid you'll have to re-install php Discord.

Were all packages installed via rpm?

Discord

yeah, apache, php, and mysql were installed via rpm.

stolzyboy

you can try and reconfigure php with mysql support

largo

Just curious since I haven't used rpms... shouldn't a (php) package be available which bundles (mysql) support? Does the install order make a difference? If mysql-xxx.rpm was installed after php-xxx.rpm would support for mysql be skipped in php? (that would make sense).

Again, just curious.

stolzyboy

generally the route to take is install apache, then php, then mysql. think of them as being dependent on the upper one

mysql is dependent on php which is dependent on apache, of course that is not true, but that will keep it clear in your mind of how to install

largo

thx stolzyboy -- though -- php links to libmysqlclient.so on build... how does it compile support if the libs aren't there? What does it link against? Is it broken if mysql isn't installed?

Also: if that is the general method, why is Discord having this problem? Are they rpms available without mysql support. (must be).

This is redhat 101 for me, courtesy of stolzyboy 🙂.

thx.

stolzyboy

here instead of the rpms why don't you try out these links

http://www.opendeveloper.org/PHP/HowTo/How_To_Install_PHP_on_Linux/

http://www.e-gineer.com/instructions/install-mysql3xx-on-linux.phtml

these are step by step instructions to get php/mysql running nicely on a nix box, rpms are more often than not a pain

Discord

Thanks for the help guys!