Compiling PHP 5.1.6 with PDO MySQL

Question

I originally asked this question on ServerFault and haven\'t got any response and I figure it\'s programming related so, here goes...

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A while ago a large clien

Answer 1

No need to recompile whole PHP. Just compile PDO_MYSQL module alone. Use pecl to install it:

pecl install PDO_MYSQL

For that you will need phpize installed. On Debian machines it is provided by package called php5-dev. Afterwards just add it to your php.ini and restart Apache.

If you are on Debian/Ubuntu system PDO_MYSQL is provided in package called php5-mysql