phpBB and MySQL problems

Anon

ok i just went to the phpBB site and d/l the forum, well when i went to /phpBB/install.php it asked for the database server, address name, root password, when i clicked next it said it was checking the database connection the all of a sudden this line appears......

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /home/httpd/html/phpBB/install.php on line 39

line 39 in the code is..

    if(!$db = mysql_connect("$dbserver", "$dbuser", "$dbpass"))

now i have MySQL installed on the server and i can go in through the bash command and make databases and everything, so i dont know why im getting this error, im new to MySQl and i know some PHP,

Please help if you can, I wold greatly appreciate it.

-BS

Anon

the problem is your configuration

if(!$db = mysql_connect("hostname", "yourname", "yourpassword"))

hostname is mostly "localhost"

Anon

Ok, but see i input the database server name, admin id, and password, and it cant connect to the database still...

ive tried localhost, i dont know..

please help
-BS

Anon

Does PHP know that there is a mysql-database.
I guess you working on a linux machine.
Did you compile php with or without mysql?
In case you didn't compile with mysql-support Php doesn't know which database to you.

I supose mysql is working else you couldn't connect from the command line.

Anon

Well, im not to sure of your question, But Yes i had mysql up and running before i got the phpBB, then i just untared it and it created its own directory and etc... i dont know how to direct it to a certain database or what, from looking at the code it is supposed to ask me the name of the database that i want to make and so forth, but i cant get it to connect to a database!!! sorry im just getting a little frusterated, to check out the error im getting go to

http://tuna.port-aransas.k12.tx.us/phpBB/install.php

for the password just type - test

Thanks

-BS

Anon

Let 's do a little test.

make script like this:

run it on you server.
phpinfo gives you all the information
check the section "mysql".
if there is a version number you compiled it the right way.
If there ain't a versionnumber we have a problem. It means php don't know wath mysql is and you have to compile it again,

If you compiled php well the versionnumber is somthing like 3.23.39

I did check your page, and if you asked me i would say: Php don't know what mysql means, cause it doesn't recognise hte mysql_connect function.

you can always your script to my address i would look into it for you

regards martijn, martijn@tiel.nu

Anon

I added it and i didnt even find a mySQL section on there it is at..

http://tuna.port-aransas.k12.tx.us/~brooks/php.php

look at it yourself, i couldnt find it, but maybe im blind, THNX

-BS

Anon

That is where i was afraid of. your php-version doesn't support mysql at all.

compile php again with mysql-support or look for an rmp where the support is included.

i'm not familiar with linux and compiling, but it will looks like:

./configure --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.x --enable-track-vars

Anon

Thanks, i'll try that... that should work.

-BS