I have a woring mysql server, and php/apache are working, but php functions for mysql arn't working, it's like if php does not know mysql is running. How can I make it work? I'm guessing it's some line I have to add to php.ini or something but I just can't seem to figure it out. Right now functions like mysql_connect() simply don't work. (invalid function)

have you upgraded php or mysql? for compiling php, you would need to use the --with-mysql configure option. or if you're using deb packages, did you get a php-mysql package installed?

One possible point of failure if you're using php deb packages and upgraded mysql with packages from mysql, is that your php package maybe using libraries from the old 3.23 mysql series. there's a mysql package from mysql's site called mysql-shared-compat that you would install instead of mysql-shared. mysql-shared-compat has the lib for version 3.23 as well as the recent libs. but i'm not sure what deb packages mysql has, since i'm using an rpm distro.

Or it could be something as simple as your script having the wrong mysql credentials...

I donot know what is the version u use.

If you are using Fedora 3 you can install php,mysql and apache using installation CD using Add or Remove Programs.

And make sure that you start httpd and msql under services after install them.

I dont know about install them using confighuration.

Good luck.