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hey I have installed PHP5 and know what I found that it doesnot have the inbuilt mysql support and I tried uncommenting and adding the Php_mysql.dll module but the apache server (Apache 1.3x) says could not load php_module.dll, but I have installed the module in the same folder that contains php5apache.dll and other dlls is also there...Any one tell me, What might have caused this problem and how to solve this...My web development is standing still...I used PHP4x and it had inbuilt support for mysql and I dint have the problem... but when I upgraded the PHP i got the problemmm..

hey I have installed PHP5 and know what I found that it doesnot have the inbuilt mysql support and I tried uncommenting and adding the Php_mysql.dll module but the apache server (Apache 1.3x) says could not load php_module.dll, but I have installed the module in the same folder that contains php5apache.dll and other dlls is also there...

Any one tell me, What might have caused this problem and how to solve this...

My web development is standing still...

I used PHP4x and it had inbuilt support for mysql and I dint have the problem... but when I upgraded the PHP i got the problemmm..

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Seems you dived into the deep end without checking out the changes, there's licensing issues with MySQL that PHP thought they would play it safe and not include it anymore, but they will still support it.

 

php_mysql.dll goes into your extensions directory, it's an extension. php5apache.dll is a module and can go into your modules directory or you can link it from wherever it's located.

 

With PHP5 you have to download some of the extra modules, since not all of them are included with them, make sure you have these and have unpacked them into your extension directory.

 

I had a tutorial here on how to setup a web server on your own computer, but it seems to have been removed. Maybe I'll rewrite it, but I think I'll do a more stable server than a testing one, as a lot of other programs written for PHP4 aren't ready to convert to PHP5 yet.\

 

Hope this helps,

 

MC

but what is php and can anyone email me and teach me how to use it

but what is php and can anyone email me and teach me how to use it

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How to explain PHP, well for starters, PHP is a server side scripting language, meaning that any of the code processed is done by the web server on that web server, the information that is outputted is sent to the client (e.g. your web browser).

 

You can look at PHP as a modifier, theoritical upgrade but not replacement for HTML (web markup language for displaying web pages), basically PHP gives HTML more abilities that HTML lacks in, like the ability to have dynamic content (content that is written on the fly). Not only this, but PHP can create full fledged applications, either with adding extensions into the language, but the core of the language still remains PHP.

 

PHP is built around many existing languages, they implemented their styles and ways to create this language. PHP is quite similar to C and Perl that if you knew these languages, even just the slight basics, you'd be able to understand the code, maybe not fully, but it wouldn't be hard for you to learn.

 

The best place to find out about PHP would be their own website PHP Site and by reading their manual.

 

Cheers,

 

 

MC