Add information for Windows users and PHP 5 in regards to libmysql.dll

#this question comes up a lot and hopefully this will help.


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Philip Olson 2004-07-22 22:02:11 +00:00
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
<section id="mysql.installation">
&reftitle.install;
<para id="mysql.configure">
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<para>
In PHP 5, MySQL is no longer enabled by default, nor is the MySQL library
bundled with PHP. Read this <link linkend="faq.databases.mysql.php5">
FAQ</link> for details on why.
FAQ</link> for details on why. Because of this, Windows users will need
to enable <filename>php_mysql.dll</filename> inside of &php.ini; and either
copy libmysql.dll into the Windows system directory or make it available to
the PATH. For compiling, simply use <option role="configure">
--with-mysql=[DIR]</option> where
<literal>[DIR]</literal> is defined.
</para>
<para>
This MySQL extension doesn't support full functionality of MySQL versions greater than