Trouble with PHP5 and MySQL

Hello!

I've just started learning PHP and are having trouble with the MySQL configuration.

in my php.ini i've uncommented the line php_mysqllib. But when i start Apache 2.0.54 webserver it says:

unable to load ./php_mysqllib can't find the module

(translated from norwegian)

in my php directory i dont find the php_mysqllib.dll but there is a mysqllib.dll
so i tried include that in my php.ini

then it comlains that its a unvalid library (maybe not a php library).

im running on XP and i've set the PATH varaible to point at c:\PHP

am i missing a library file or something??

i'm trying to connect to the mysql server using mysql_connect(); and i don't get any errors. the script execution just stops.

anybody got any ideas??

thanx in advance

oooh btw in running MySQL 4.0.13. im using freesql.org

Is that library even needed? Try commenting it out and do something like this:

if(mysql_connect('localhost' , 'user', 'pass')) echo 'Connected!'; else echo 'Could not connect: ' . mysql_error();

i'm afraid so.. in PHP5 they decided to exclude the automatic support for MySQL.

But the libmysql.dll should be the right library. But as mentioned when i include it, it complains about beeing unvalid.

if i dont include the library i get the error
"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() "