startup error

grubbish · Post by **grubbish** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:18 pm

Hi,

I just set up my web server for serendipity. I'm getting this error message whenever I browse to the site.....

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /usr/share/serendipity/www/include/db/mysql.inc.php on line 251

any suggestions?

Post by **garvinhicking** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:43 pm

Hi!

You must configure your PHP installation so that at least mysql or mysqli or sqlite extensions are available.

On debian, you need "apt-get install php5-mysql" for example, and then restart apache.

Regards,
Garvin

grubbish · Post by **grubbish** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:46 pm

Yeah I have the current version of php5mysql.....is there anything else you can think of that may be causing the error?

sonichouse · Post by **sonichouse** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:06 pm

grubbish wrote:Yeah I have the current version of php5mysql.....is there anything else you can think of that may be causing the error?

You could check your php.ini file

you should have something like

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extension=mysql.so
extension=pdo_mysql.so

grubbish · Post by **grubbish** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:34 pm

hmmm this is very peculiar.....I added those extensions to the php.ini file but the same error is still popping up??? A friend told me the mysql_connect function was broken in the code is this a possibility? I haven't made any changes to the code what so ever so I don't see why it would do this....

sonichouse · Post by **sonichouse** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:34 pm

grubbish wrote:hmmm this is very peculiar.....I added those extensions to the php.ini file but the same error is still popping up??? A friend told me the mysql_connect function was broken in the code is this a possibility? I haven't made any changes to the code what so ever so I don't see why it would do this....

Verify that your installation of PHP has been compiled with mysql support.
Create a test web page containing

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<?php phpinfo(); exit(); ?>

and load it in your browser. Search the page for MySQL

Post by **garvinhicking** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:36 pm

Hi!

As I mentioned: Always make sure you restart your apache webserver. Without it, new modules might not be loaded, if your PHP is compiled as apache module.

It is definitely an issue with your server config, it is completely unrelated to serendipity.

Sonichouses' tip for the phpinfo() should be very helpful!

Best regards,
Garvin

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