[TriLUG] Lamp is lit!!!!

[J.C. Jones]

All,

Thanks everyone who came to my aid. My webserver is performing as it did 
when RH 9.0 was the o/s, Only better with FC5.

jcj

J.C. Jones wrote:

> Noah,
>
> After writing that email, I began searching for tips on how to compile 
> php with mysql. I stumbled on php-mysql ( which I believe one of the 
> earlier respondents made mention of.. I am in the process of loading 
> that as I write this email.
>
> Thanks for all the respondents to my problem. Hopefully it is now 
> solved. If not, I will be back with pleas for more help.
>
> jcj
>
> Noah Fontes wrote:
>
>> J.C. Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Mike, Lance and all other php/mysql users.
>>>
>>> After reading and reading in php documentation, I find:
>>>
>>> MySQL Functions
>>> Introduction
>>> These functions allow you to access MySQL database servers. More 
>>> information about MySQL can be found at » http://www.mysql.com/.
>>> Documentation for MySQL can be found at » http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
>>> Requirements
>>> In order to have these functions available, you must compile PHP 
>>> with MySQL support.
>>>
>>> PHP 5+
>>> MySQL is not enabled by default, nor is the MySQL library bundled 
>>> with PHP. Read this FAQ for details on why. Use the 
>>> --with-mysql[=DIR] configure option to include MySQL support. You 
>>> can download headers and libraries from » MySQL.
>>>
>>> The way that I read it, I have to compile php using 
>>> --with-mysql[=DIR] .  This will be a first for me. Up to now, I have 
>>> used rpm, deb, and other binaries. I have never had to compile 
>>> anything other than hello.c or something that small.
>>>
>>> Wish me good luck :-) Any hints for compiling on Fedora Core 5 would 
>>> be appreciated.
>>>
>>> jcj
>>
>>
>>
>> The PHP documentation is referring specifically to how to build the 
>> package from source there.
>>
>> The RPM package maintainers will (should) build the package with the 
>> MySQL module shared so it can be split off into a separate package. 
>> Chances are the package you need is named something like php5-mysql 
>> or php-mysql; just use yum to grab it. That'll install the .so you're 
>> missing.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>

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