[lug] Quick Fix for PHP/MySQL Undefined Function Problem?

[John Hernandez]

Jeff Schroeder wrote:
> Bill wrote:
> 
> 
>>However, on that one I can't get the PHP db
>>functions to work via the web. I get, for example, "Fatal error: Call
>>to undefined function: mysql_pconnect()"
> 

Do you have all the same php and mysql packages installed on both 
machines?  Specifically, for RHL-derived distros, there's a package by 
the name of 'php-mysql' that sounds like the ticket.

> 
> That's an internal PHP function you're trying to call, and apparently 
> it's not there on your production server.  Are you sure you have 
> identical versions of PHP on both servers?  From your description it 
> sounds like the test server's PHP has the MySQL functions in it, and 
> the production one doesn't.
> 
> (That seems odd, since PHP and MySQL are like hand and glove, and I'd be 
> surprised if a packaged PHP doesn't include MySQL support.  But who 
> knows.)
> 
> A possible solution would be to copy libphp4.so from the test server to 
> the production one.  I'm not sure that'll solve it, but I suspect 
> that's where the MySQL functionality lives.
> 
> HTH,
> Jeff
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