MySQL/PHP Install, Win2K3, with mysql .dll files

wscreate

PHP install went fine. But, I am having trouble finding the mysql extensions. I downloaded the latest 5.0.42 version of mysql, both versions, the non-installer version and the installer version. The last time I installed mysql on Win2K3 about 6 months ago, I remember getting the extension files from the non-installer version. However, I cannot find them anywhere in the download file. It's as if they don't exist. I need to call a couple of these dlls from the php.ini file.

extension=php_gettext.dll
;extension=php_hyperwave.dll
;extension=php_iconv.dll
;extension=php_ifx.dll
;extension=php_iisfunc.dll
extension=php_imap.dll

Here is the link I used to download mysql...
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#win32

Can someone give me some help... I am pulling my hair out and I don't have much left..😕

rincewind456

I don't know where you got 5.0.42 from, the one I found on the MySQL site here is version 5.0.27

bradgrafelman

What you need to do is download the "zip package" from php.net. This package contains the extra extensions (as well as a copy of "libmysql.dll" - a required DLL).

For more information on installing the MySQL extension, see the stickied FAQ thread in this forum.

rincewind456

What you need to do is download the "zip package" from php.net.

There is no package on php.net for this if you read this page you will see that the link there goes straight to the MySQL site.

PHP Manual wrote:
A file named libmysql.dll is included in the Windows PHP distribution and in order for PHP to talk to MySQL this file needs to be available to the Windows systems PATH.

bradgrafelman

On the contrary, the part you quoted instructs otherwise:

PHP Manual wrote:
A file named libmysql.dll is included in the Windows PHP distribution and in order for PHP to talk to MySQL this file needs to be available to the Windows systems PATH. [Emphasis added]

The only links to MySQL's site are in regards to the documentation of the SQL server itself (e.g. how to interact with it via queries) - not about PHP's capability to connect and talk to a SQL server (e.g. with a .dll file).

Take a look for yourself if you don't believe me and the countless installations I've done in the past; download the PHP zipped package from www.php.net/downloads.php (not the MSI version) and you should find a libmysql.dll file (as well as other libraries required by different extensions) in the root of the zipped archive. Assuming you've installed PHP correctly (e.g. added the PHP directory to your system's PATH environment variable), your system should find this .dll file by itself without you moving it or doing anything except enabling the php_mysql.dll extension in the php.ini file.