Database extensions not detected

[cepheus]

Hello,

I wanted to install serendipity on my desktop machine just to try it. But I can't get past the installation: The Installation Page tells me: "Database extenstions: None [!]".

MySQL server is up and running, I have created a database "serendipity" and granted "ALL" privileges to user "serendipity". MySQL users "serendipity" and "root" have empty passwords.

The serendipity root directory is /var/www/html/serendipity and is world-writeable.

I have configured apache to allow all .htaccess files ("AllowOverride ALL").

What am I doing wrong? Do I have to change any files in the serendipity root folder?

Thank You

cepheus

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

This is a problem of your PHP compilation. Your PHP does not have the mysql or mysqli extension compiled in, so you need to recompile or depending on your linux distribution install php-mysql packages.

HTH,
Garvin

[cepheus]

Hi,

this did the trick: I use fedora and I had to install the "php-mysql" package. No I get the message "Database extensions: MySQL, MySQLi".

Thank you very much

cepheus