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Markus Grob wrote:
> Hello together
>
> 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
>
> But if I now try to connect to the database, pypmyadmin tells me, that mysql
> can't be found: Cannot load mysql extension.
>
> My one site tells me the same:
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_error() in...
>
> netstat tells me, that mysql is waiting on 3306.
>
> Can someone gives me a hint?

For the phpmyadmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation :

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] string
     What php MySQL extension to use for the connection. Valid options are:

     mysql : The classic MySQL extension.

     mysqli : The improved MySQL extension. This extension became available 
with PHP 5.0.0 and is the recommended way to connect to a server running MySQL 
4.1.x or newer.

For your site, either rewrite it to not use the mysql extension or download it 
from a shady website which claims it's build for the PHP version you installed 
and hope it hasn't some nasty backdoor (Recommendation would be that you used 
a operating system which provides php and all the extensions without requiring 
you to go to 3rd party pages).

-- 

   //Aho