PHP/Apache: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() [duplicate]

Answer 1

I had this same problem and had to refer to the php manual which told me the mysql and mysqli extensions require libmysql.dll to load. I searched for it under C:\windows\system32 (windows 7) and could not find, so I downloaded it here and placed it in my C:\windows\system32. I restarted Apache and everything worked fine. Took me 3 days to figure out, hope it helps.

Answer 2

I had received a similar error message. Think I inadvertently typed "9o" at start of first line of php.ini file. Once I removed that, I no longer received the "fatal error" messages. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

How about

sudo yum install php-mysql

or

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

Answer 4

The mysql deamon should be running.

If not try this:

#/etc/init.d/mysql start

Or this:

#service mysqld start

And if you want to add mysql on boot:

# chkconfig --add mysqld
# chkconfig -- level 235 mysqld on

If yes, and it is still not working try this:

Uncomment the following lines in /etc/php/php.ini

extension=mysqli.so
extension=mysql.so

And please check your post above '/usr/lib64/php/modules/msql.so'. It should be mysql.so (if it's mistyped ignore it...)

Answer 5

The Apache module PHP version might for some odd reason not be picking up the php.ini file as the CLI version I'd suggest having a good look at:

• Any differences in the .ini files that differ between php -i and phpinfo() via a web page*
• If there are no differences then to look at the permissions of mysql.so and the .ini files but I think that Apache parses these as the root user

To be really clear here, don't go searching for php.ini files on the file system, have a look at what PHP says that it's looking at

Answer 6

In case anyone else faces this, it's a case of PHP not having access to the mysql client libraries. Having a MySQL server on the system is not the correct fix. Fix for ubuntu (and PHP 5):

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

After installing the client, the webserver should be restarted. In case you're using apache, the following should work:

sudo service apache2 restart