i am usin MDK 10 CE, i first installed apache and PHP. that worked but now wanted to start using a Mysql database. so i installed the Mysql client and server packages and also something called php-mysql... which i thought would be necessary.

i configured Mysql using webmin(gave permissions and started the server)

yet when run a php script it gives a parser error on the line that i want to connect to the server(localhost).
it cant be my syntax since i copied it directly from a tutorial and from past tutorials i read it looks correct to me.

is there something i should have configured after the installation using URPMI?

thanks

If it's a parse error.... then it's most likely syntax. Though you MIGHT get a parse error if php was not compiled with mysql support. Write a script with and look at the configure options and look for mysql support.

thanks for the reply

i installed using the Mandrake Control Center so i just selected the rpms after a search and clicked install.

i did a phpinfo.php in my browser and the word "Mysql" came up only once when i did a search. it was listing a bunch of configure possiblities

is that correct then?

If it is a syntax error then what is the correct syntax to connect to localhost?

Make sure you have the apache2-auth_mysql or mod-auth_mysql packages for the apache webserver (I'm not sure I got their names exactly, but they're something like auth mysql).

This is needed so the server can authentify with the MySQL server when it opens up a connection or something like this. Check if you have this package installed, if it is, add this after the phpinfo():

$link = mysql_connect("serverIP","Username","pwd");
if (!$link) die(mysql_error());

Where username/pwd is optional as I recall. Do a refresh on the page and check the bottom if you get any output. If there's no line saying "error...", the script worked and estabilished a connection with MySQL.