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Re: cant use mysql_connect

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J.O. Aho wrote:

> Markus Grob wrote:
>> I have changed to Apache 2.4 with PHP 5.4 and MySQL 5.5. MySQL is running
>> and all databases were imported from the earlier version.
>> Apache is running and php_info gives me the hint, that mysqlnd was found:
>>
>> PHP Version 5.4.4
>> System     Windows NT KRWM0023 6.1 build 7601 (Windows 7 Enterprise
>> Edition Service Pack 1) i586
>> mysqlnd    enabled
>>
>> But if I now try to connect to the database, pypmyadmin tells me, that
>> mysql can't be found: Cannot load mysql extension.
> 
> phpmyadmin uses the mysql extension, not the mysqlnd, so you need to find
> a compiled mysql extension for your version of PHP (usually a lot easier
> if you use Linux/BSD as your server OS, for then you generally get
> everything you need at once and less risk for backdoors in modules).

Utter nonsense.  phpMyAdmin is fully capable of using the much safer mysqli 
extension, which is used by the mysqlnd extension:

<http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/mysqli>

(Never trust advice given by pseudo-anonymous or address-munging people.)


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cant use mysql_connect Markus Grob <snoopy@ilnet.ch> - 2012-10-28 17:30 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-28 17:44 +0100
    Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-29 04:16 +0100
      Re: cant use mysql_connect "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-29 07:34 +0100
        Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-29 14:23 +0100
      Re: cant use mysql_connect The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-29 11:24 +0000
  Re: cant use mysql_connect Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-10-28 17:51 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-28 20:21 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-29 07:39 +0100
  Re: cant use mysql_connect Markus Grob <snoopy@ilnet.ch> - 2012-10-30 22:58 +0100
    Re: cant use mysql_connect Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-10-30 19:18 -0400
    Re: cant use mysql_connect "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-10-31 10:07 +0100
      Re: cant use mysql_connect "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-10-31 10:15 +0100
    Re: cant use mysql_connect Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-01 00:56 +0100

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