PHP Fatal error

[Pashy]

Hi friends,
I am a newbie.
I am trying to connect PHP with Mysql, but
coming across the below error:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in /var/www/html/index.php on line 2

Can anyone suggest with the possbile solution, with easily
undestandable explanation...

Thanks in advance..
pashy

[devils casper]

Could you post the contents of index.php file here?

[hartechguy]

Most likely mysql is not enabled on your php installation. Create a dummy HTML page on your web server with the php code from below and call it through the web browser. It will tell you if mysql is enabled.

[Mudgen]

Do you have the php-mysql package installed? You need that.

[Pashy]

Hi Folks,

Thanks for all your replies.
I have fixed the problem & the connection is sucessful.
Just sharing this exp in case any one faces the problem in future.
The php-mysql package was missing.

After installing it & uncommenting some mysql lines in the php.ini file.

I was able to echo the function in the php web page but had a new error in the error logs file:
connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)

as you guys can see number 13 in the error
#perror 13
OS error code 13: Permission denied
It was an OS error about permissions.

Eventually after :
#chmod 777 /var/lib/mysql

Everything worked fine, atleast as of now..

Cheer's

[matonb]

755 would be better than 777

[Pashy]

Sorry what do you mean by "PM"?

[matonb]

PM - Private Message

You don't really want your /var/lib/mysql directory to be world writeable!

[Pashy]

ohh..! I see, thanks.