1. Is mysqld running? I don't remember if the default configuration for RH8.0 sets it to start on system boot.
The easy way to check is: ps aux | grep mysql or mysqladmin -u root ping will return "MySQL is alive" if the server is running. 2. See chapter 2.4 of the MySQL Manual for Post-installation Setup and Testing http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Post-installation.html hth, Doug On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:46:38 +0100 (CET), franco stridella wrote: > >Hi, > >i apologize in advance for my stupid question. I installed RedHat8.0 with built in >apache 2 and php 4.2.2 > >By looking at phpinfo() i see that php has been compiled with --with-mysql,shared and >php works but it seems that mysql is not enabled. Why? how can i use mysql with php? >what have i to enable to make it run? > >bye -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php