Another phpbb question..:(

**aimstolemylife** · 04-14-2005

Ok, I'm sure one of you guys can help me. Obviously, I'm trying to install a phpbb2 forum on my FC3 Box. I have php installed (whatever version shipped with FC3). I also have MySQL & MySQL-Server installed (Via yum), and I have Apache installed (Shipped with FC3)

I have created the MySQL database "phpbb" with the username "dan" and appropriate password. It has full permissions on the database. As far as I know, MySQL seems to be running correctly. Also, apache is running correctly, again, as far as I know.

When I try to install my board I get

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An error has occurred during installation
The PHP configuration on your server doesn't support the database type that you chose

I also yum'ed php-mysql and I suppose that's installed correctly.

Any ideas? I can post any config files you might need...

my installation page looks like this..

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Default board language&#58;  English	
Database Type&#58; 	MySQL 3.x &#40;Is this right?!&#41;
Choose your installation method&#58; Install	
Database Configuration
Database Server Hostname / DSN&#58; localhost
Your Database Name&#58; phpbb
Database Username&#58; dan
Database Password&#58; mypassword
Prefix for tables in database&#58; 	phpbb_
Admin Configuration
Admin Email Address&#58; 	myemail
Domain Name&#58; DanAtkins.myaddress.com
Server Port&#58; 80
Script path&#58; /phpBB2/
Administrator Username&#58; myusername
Administrator Password&#58; password
Administrator Password &#91; Confirm &#93;&#58; password

Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a lot of searching and couldn't quite figure it out....

**sdousley** · 04-14-2005

try the command:

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mysql -v

That will tell you what version of MySQL u have, it's probably 4.x.

Also, to check the intecration of php/mysql qith apache, create a new php file and in it write the following:

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<?phpinfo&#40;&#41;;?>

Then open up the page in aa browser and look for mysql stuff

**aimstolemylife** · 04-14-2005

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&#91;root@Fedora html&#93;# mysql -V
mysql  Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.58, for redhat-linux-gnu &#40;i386&#41;

So it looks like I use version 3.x. Ok.

The only TWO places that the php script mentioned mysql are:

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Configure Command 	'--with-mysql=shared,/usr' '--with-pgsql=shared' '-

and..

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dbx
dbx support 	enabled
dbx version 	1.0.0
supported databases 	MySQL ODBC PostgreSQL Microsoft SQL Server FrontBase Oracle 8 &#40;oci8&#41; Sybase-CT

Are php and/or apache not seeing my MySQL database/server?? Thanks for your help so far!

**sdousley** · 04-15-2005

not too sure wether they are seeing the mysql server or not.

Have you tried downloading phpMyAdmin? It's a database tool that needs VERY little configuring (all u need to do is enter a password into the config files, or tel it to use http auth) and then it connects to the database, maybe giving that a go would help.

Or make your own php script that tries to connect to the database.

Also, have you setup the root password on the mysql server, and definitely have it started?

**aimstolemylife** · 04-15-2005

I yum updated and it got the new php-mysql deal, and now it all works fine. I think php and mysql weren't seeing each other. Thanks for the help!

**sdousley** · 04-17-2005

No probs. Glad it's all sorted

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