[LBo] PHP MySQL question

[Tim George]

Jisao wrote:

> However, when I try to work with a web page connecting to the MySQL
> server, I get this error:
> "Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in
> /var/www/createmovie.php on line 4"
> 
> Apparently, it would mean that I don't have mysql module installed.

It looks like you need to enable the module.

This may be as simple as dpkg-reconfigure php4-mysql

Or find your php.ini file:
locate php.ini
And uncomment
extension=mysql.so

Sorry I can't test this right now so I can't be more specific.

Often installing a package like php4-mysql requires an extra configuration step.
This is because the package can depend on (for example) Apache 1.3 *or* Apache 2
which require slightly different configurations.
Additional configuration requirements will sometimes be detailed in
usr/share/doc/<packagename>/Readme.Debian or similar.