Re: LUG: Question Ubuntu and mysql - Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:00:43 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Question Ubuntu and mysql

From : Jamil Hassan Spain <spain@ncssm.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:00:43 -0400

go to /etc/init.d

issue a : sudo ./apache2 restart

Ken Whichard wrote:
> Thanks for the prompt reply.
>
> phpinfo has no references to mysql
>
> Not sure what you mean by :
>
> ...so you will need to install the php extension of mysql via yum or
> yast or apt-get depending on which distro you are using. .
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Dapper Drake. When I use the graphic
> interface for the package manager, it shows that php-mysql and
> php-mysqli are installed. should I be looking for something else?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
>
> At 11:11 AM 9/4/2006, you wrote:
>
>> Make a new php page and put the following syntax in the page:
>>
>> <?php
>> phpinfo();
>> ?>
>>
>> give it a name.. and browse to the page.. you're looking for mysql to
>> be active as an extension.. It's probably not there, so you will need
>> to install the php extension of mysql via yum or yast or apt-get
>> depending on which distro you are using. .
>>
>> If you can get to a graphical package manager, just search for php or
>> mysql ..
>>
>> let me know if you have any more questions..
>>
>> Ken Whichard wrote:
>>> Thanks to everyone who helped with this one!
>>>
>>> It turns out that I had to comment out the bind-address line to get
>>> it to work.
>>>
>>> Now, another question.
>>>
>>> I am trying to get a php script to run (a rather simple one) that
>>> uses the mysql_connect() function. When I run the script, I get the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> *Fatal error*: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in
>>> */var/www/apache2-default/whichard/hello.php* on line *7*
>>>
>>> Do I need to do something to make functions work?
>>>
>>> Using ver 5.0 xx of mysql
>>>
>>> TIA again
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>> At 06:22 PM 9/1/2006, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/1/06, Ken Whichard <wwhichard@nc.rr.[redacted]> wrote:
>>>>> OK,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have done all of the suggested steps but still have the same
>>>>> problem - I
>>>>> have nosed around several forums and from some of the comments
>>>>> found, I
>>>>> have discovered the following in the my.cnf file:
>>>>>
>>>>> bind-address 127.0.0.1
>>>>
>>>> Change the bind-address to the external IP, or add a new one for the
>>>> external IP.
>>
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