php5 or php4 sql problem

[bluemonster]

Hi

my previous php applicaiton written in php4 couldn't work. I see is a blank screen, example when i go to localhost/xyz/index.php

can anyone help me.

u guys are using php4 or php5, is there any bug in php5? i encounter so many error. this is not first time i am using php.

[NogDog]

I would guess that it is more likely that the problem is not the PHP version per se, but rather a difference in the PHP configuration settings. For instance, if the script depends on register_globals being turned on but it is turned off on your new PHP environment, then the script will most likely not work.

But without knowing what specific errors your are running into, all we can do is speculate. (PHP5 has been out for quite some time now, and any of the recent versions should be pretty robust.)

[bluemonster]

i still encountered all error, all my previous php application with mysqlconnection are not working, even those sample php application not working.

myphpadmin is not working anymore
cannot load mysql extension;
please check PHP configuration
Documentation

i am getting a blank screen even i set register_globals = on also won't help

can you send me php.ini

[NogDog]

Perhaps the first thing you should do is a [man]phpinfo/man page to verify whether or not MySQL is installed:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

If that's not the problem, put this at the top of your script so that hopefully you get some debug info that will help point out where the problem is:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

Then wherever you do a mysql_connect(), add some debugging info if it should fail:

$connx = mysql_connect($host, $user, $password) or die("DB Connection Failed: " . mysql_error());

Also, at least for now while debugging, remove any "@" character from the connection command that might be suppressing error reporting.

[bluemonster]

I am using xpro IIS5, when i go to localhost or phpmyadmin i encounter error

phpmyadmin error
<p>This PHP CGI binary was compiled with force-cgi-redirect enabled. This
means that a page will only be served up if the REDIRECT_STATUS CGI variable is
set, e.g. via an Apache Action directive.</p>
<p>For more information as to <i>why</i> this behaviour exists, see the <a href="http://php.net/security.cgi-bin">manual page for CGI security</a>.</p>
<p>For more information about changing this behaviour or re-enabling this webserver,
consult the installation file that came with this distribution, or visit
<a href="http://php.net/install.windows">the manual page</a>.</p>

and localhost/myweb/ - error
Connection with the database couldn't be made.
Host 'localhost' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server

from phpinfo(), i don't see mysql installed. But MySQL 5 is working fine. I can't do php application.

System Windows NT HOWIE 5.1 build 2600

Build Date Aug 16 2006 01:13:15

Server API CGI/FastCGI

Virtual Directory Support enabled

Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\PHP\php.ini

PHP API 20020918

PHP Extension 20020429

Zend Extension 20050606

Debug Build no

Zend Memory Manager enabled

Thread Safety enabled

Registered PHP Streams php, http, ftp, compress.zlib

[NogDog]

I'm moving this to the Install forum in the hopes that the installation experts can help you out.