[vox-tech] Apache/MySQL/PHP working together for mediawiki

[timriley at appahost.com]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Apache/MySQL/PHP working together for mediawiki
> From: Rod Roark <rod at sunsetsystems.com>
> Date: Mon, July 05, 2010 3:40 pm
> To: lugod's technical discussion forum <vox-tech at lists.lugod.org>
> 
> 
> Using Ubuntu you just need to install the php5-mysql package.  No
> compiling required.

Perfect! Thank you.

> 
> Rod
> 
> On 07/05/2010 03:35 PM, timriley at appahost.com wrote:
> > Dear LUGOD,
> > 
> > My Linux installation came with Apache, MySQL, and PHP working; however,
> > only Apache and PHP are working together. From Apache I can execute PHP;
> > however, PHP doesn't connect to MySQL, which is running.
> > 
> > I'm trying to install mediawiki which requires all three to work
> > together. The mediawiki installation process has me executing:
> > http://localhost/mediawiki/config/index.php
> > 
> > However, the resulting HTML page contains this error:
> > # PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10 installed
> > Could not find a suitable database driver!
> > 
> >     * For MySQL, compile PHP using --with-mysql, or install the mysql.so
> > module
> > 
> > This seems to require for me to reinstall PHP from source or to install
> > a dynamically linked object module. I'm going through the steps to
> > install PHP from source, but it seems to want me to install Apache
> > first:
> > http://us.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php
> > 
> > Look for the snippet that says:
> > cd ../php-NN
> > ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql
> > make
> > make install
> > 
> > I don't have apxs. "locate apxs" returns nothing. So googling it sends
> > me here:
> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/apxs.html
> > 
> > This is too far from where I want to be. Any hints? Thank you.
> > 
> > --
> > Tim Riley
> > 
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