Re: [PHP-DB] using database without mysql installed

2008-10-26 Thread Chris
Patrick Price wrote: I am trying to access a mysql database server from a php 5.2 server that doesn't have mysql installed on it. I don't have access or the ability to reinstall php on this server. Is it possible to install mysql after php is installed and up and running? Of course. php ju

Re: [PHP-DB] using database without mysql installed

2008-10-25 Thread Patrick Price
I think I will have to use a second script on mysql server since (I forgot to mention) the database is replicated and that seems like the best option. Thanks for the help patrick On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Nitsan Bin-Nun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm you can convert it to files-based da

Re: [PHP-DB] using database without mysql installed

2008-10-25 Thread Nitsan Bin-Nun
Umm you can convert it to files-based database (for instance - .sq3 - sqlite) and work with it, and yes, installing mysql after php is possible. HTH, Nitsan On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:32 PM, YVES SUCAET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, *technicaly*... you could open a socket to the MySQL server

Re: [PHP-DB] using database without mysql installed

2008-10-25 Thread YVES SUCAET
Well, *technicaly*... you could open a socket to the MySQL server and talk to it, but that's probably a bit much, so... You never mentioned what kind of server this is. Is this on *nix or Windows? And do you have access to the php.ini file at least so you can enable the mysql extension? Other tha

RE: [PHP-DB] using database without mysql installed

2008-10-24 Thread Mohamed Ainab
yes it is possible, but you need to edit php.ini manually in order to enable mysql so that php can talk to mysql database. --- http://ainab.com http://somaliyrics.net Original Message Subject: [PHP-DB] using database without mysql installed From: "Patrick Price" <[EMAI