PHP 4.4.2 and MySQL 5?

[jchastain]

I have several non-php applications that are currently working with a MySQL version 5 database server. I just pulled down a PHP app that requires PHP version 4.x and it specifically won't work with PHP 5.

I installed PHP 4.4.2 (Windows 2K3 box) and it appears to be working fine. However, I cannot connect to the MySQL server. I have seen a few posts online regarding issues getting PHP 4.x to connect to MySQL 5, but nothing in the way of solutions.

Can anybody provide me some help or pointers to a solution short of upgrading to PHP 5?

Thanks.

[devinemke]

i suspect that the client API library (libmysql.dll ) that is bundled with PHP4 is older and cannot talk to the newer versions of mySQL. i have not used PHP4 in ages but checking the client lib on my PHP5.1.2 machine the version is 4.1.7. perhaps you can simply download the newer client lib though be advised that there may be other compatibility issues between the new client lib and PHP4.