Mandrake 8.2 - need help getting php/mysql to play togethar

[jammysammy]

I've just completed a clean install of Mdk 8.2. During the install i installed all of the php packages and all of the mysql packages (if it matters i didn't install any of the postgres packages). Now when i attempt to run any php scripts that have any mysql functionality i get this error

"cannot load MySQL extension,
please check PHP Configuration."

and i'm not sure how to fix it. Any ideas?

 

[ttn1]

I had the same problem, although I use Redhat. You need to do one of 2 things. Recompile PHP with MySQL support or find a package that contains the linking code. For Redhat, it was just a matter of finding the linking rpm and installing it. Try a google search and you'll find shortly that alot of people have this problem when setting up PHP and SQL packages.