Macports mysql5 setup under Snow Leopard

Question

I\'ve managed to get my install all screwed up as I\'m a newbie and messing up is what I\'m good at.

1) Can anyone reference a credible set of setup instructions for

Answer 1

the php.ini being used on the command line may be different than the one being used by apache You can check this with phpinfo.php

by doing a

php phpinfo.php | grep php.ini

if it shows

Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /opt/local/etc/php5

and the test script of Daniel James answer (saved as testconnect.php) also fails

then you might want to fix by creating a symbolic link:

/opt/local/etc/php5>sudo ln -s /etc/php.ini php.ini

after that the testconnect should work

php testconnect.php 
Connected using mysql.
Connected using mysqli.
Connected using PDO.