Mysql and FC5

[rfleming]

Heya all,
I recently started trying to use my linux computer to run as a web server. I started the mysqld service and the httpd service. Webpages works and so does php. But when i go to install smf i get this message

The installer was unable to detect MySQL support in PHP. Please ask your host to ensure that PHP was compiled with MySQL, or that the proper extension is being loaded.

I tried looking in google and such but they all relate to custom installs, hence different folders than the preinstalled FC5. I also set up the database and user name for a database. Any ideas on how I tell php that there is a running mysql?

Thank you.

[faulkner132]

Did you compile with the MySQL extention?

Make a file "info.php" and place it in your root directory and put this code in it:

PHP Code:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Look over this page and it will tell you if MySQL support is available. You should see a section called "MySQL".

[rfleming]

Thank you for the reply. I did this and there is no mysql section. I know it is running as i can work with it in the terminal. How would i make php notice mysql?