Oracle 5.0, Reference Manual

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Original MySQL API (
Mysql
)
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PHP Version Default Configure
Options:
mysqlnd
Configure
Options:
libmysqlclient
Changelog
by default, and
the MySQL client
libraries are
no
longer bundled
5.3.x libmysqlclient
--with-
mysql=mysqlnd
--with-
mysql=[DIR]
mysqlnd is now
available
5.4.x mysqlnd
--with-mysql --with-
mysql=[DIR]
mysqlnd is now the
default
20.7.2.1.2.2. Installation on Windows Systems
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20.7.2.1.2.2.1. PHP 4
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The PHP MySQL extension is compiled into PHP.
20.7.2.1.2.2.2. PHP 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x
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MySQL is no longer enabled by default, so the
php_mysql.dll
DLL must be enabled inside of
php.ini
. Also, PHP needs access to the MySQL client library. A file named
libmysql.dll
is
included in the Windows PHP distribution and in order for PHP to talk to MySQL this file needs to
be available to the Windows systems
PATH
. See the FAQ titled " How do I add my PHP directory to
the
PATH
on Windows " for information on how to do this. Although copying
libmysql.dll
to the
Windows system directory also works (because the system directory is by default in the system's
PATH
), it's not recommended.
As with enabling any PHP extension (such as
php_mysql.dll
), the PHP directive extension_dir
should be set to the directory where the PHP extensions are located. See also the Manual Windows
Installation Instructions . An example extension_dir value for PHP 5 is
c:\php\ext
Note
If when starting the web server an error similar to the following occurs:
"Unable
to load dynamic library './php_mysql.dll'"
, this is because
php_mysql.dll
and/or
libmysql.dll
cannot be found by the system.
20.7.2.1.2.2.3. PHP 5.3.0+
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The MySQL Native Driver is enabled by default. Include
php_mysql.dll
, but
libmysql.dll
is no
longer required or used.
20.7.2.1.2.3. MySQL Installation Notes
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Warning
Crashes and startup problems of PHP may be encountered when loading this
extension in conjunction with the recode extension. See the
recode extension
for more information.