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PHP: v5: Database: MySql: Microsoft: Windows: How to install PHP v5 with MySql support?

Mar 22nd, 2005 09:07
Knud van Eeden,

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PHP: v5: Database: MySql: Microsoft: Windows: How to install PHP v5 
with MySql support?

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Download PHP v5.0.3 zip file [7,433Kb] - 15 Dec 2004

     at

     http://www.php.net/get/php-5.0.3-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror

 2. -Unpack it in e.g. the directory

      c:\PHP

     (so no installer .exe program should be run)

 3. -Copy the file libmysql.dll to your c:\windows or c:\winnt
     directory

     (or make sure it can be found in your PATH environment variable)

     1. Goto this c:\PHP directory

     2. Copy libmysql.dll c:\windows

 5. -Copy the file

      c:\php\php.ini-recommended

     in your PHP directory

     as the new

      php.ini

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     Note:

     It is the best general solution to copy this php.ini
     to your local PHP directory (that is where your php.exe or
     php-cgi.exe file is located, e.g. 'c:\PHP' by default).

     This because if you have say PHP 3, PHP 4 and PHP 5 installed on
     your computer, they then all have their own php.ini in that case.

     And should you keep your php.ini centrally in your c:\windows
     directory, then all these different versions will usually try to
     use that one php.ini (which is usually only optimized and usable
     for only one version of PHP (e.g. PHP5) at once).

     Thus possibly delete the central php.ini in your c:\windows
     directory and keep a local php.ini in each of your PHP version
     directories.

 6. -Open this php.ini file in your favorite text editor, and remove
     the ';' in front of the line

      ;extension=php_mysql.dll

     1. Then save this php.ini file again

 7. -If you now use mysql functions in php v5, they should work
     as intended

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Tested successfully on Microsoft Windows XP Professional, running
PHP v5.0.3
Apache v2
MySql v4.1

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Internet: see also:

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[Internet: source: http://www.google.com search for 'mysql php 5 
install windows': http://nl2.php.net/mysql]

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