Thanks goes out to Michael W. who asked the obvious question: "Have you tried to see if mysql is working?" Well, I hadn't. I just assumed since I didn't see the mysql section of the phpinfo output, that it wouldn't. When I installed phpmyadmin, it worked beautifully. When I reloaded my phpinfo page, it displayed the mysql section.
Go figure! ""Rick Seiden"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm sure this has been asked and answered, but I'll be darned if I can find > it. > > Here's my situation. > > Fedora Core 3. Linux novice. Not newbie, but not expert, either. > Apache version from phpinfo() shows Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) PHP/5.0.4 > Configure Command from phpinfo() shows './configure' > '--with-apxs2=/urs/local/apache2/bin/apxs' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql' > When I log into mysql in a terminal window, it shows that it is version > 4.1.12-standard > > I installed Apache from source (I don't like the install that comes with > Fedora), and php from source. I installed the binary version of mysql > (http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-standard-4.1.12-pc-linux > -gnu-i686.tar.gz/from/pick), as well as the Dynamic client libraries RPM > (http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/MySQL-shared-4.1.12-1.i386.rpm > /from/pick). > > No matter what combination of configure commands I use (I've done > just --with-apxs2, just --with-mysql, both of them, make clean and then do > it all over again, and so on....), I can't seem to get php to generate > mysql.so. I know it came with 4.x, but it doesn't with 5.x I've done find > / -name mysql.so, and it's just not there. > > Can someone please show me the errors of my ways, provide a manual that I > didn't read, tell me it's a bug, and not my fault, or anything to keep me > from ripping my hair out and going back to my windows installation of > PHP/MYSQL/APACHE (which, btw, took me less than an hour to get running---why > does Linux take soooo much longer to get working!!!!) > > Thank you a ton!