$mysql_installed = function_exists('mysql_query');
as for the version, you can then do:
$r = mysql_query("SELECT VERSION()");
$r = mysql_fetch_array($r);
$ver = $r[0];"Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Is there a way to detect, using PHP, if mySql is installed on a server? > Can a version # be determined also? I know this can be done using > phpinfo, but I don't want to use that approach. > > Thanks, > Chris > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
