i usually have no problem setting my web server up from scratch... but i am using a new machine this time and its bein a real bitch. first off, i cant get my php.ini to load anywhere but in c:/windows, but thats beside the point, it still works. for a while php and mysql were workin together fine and php_mysql.dll was being loaded. now php is not loading mysql when the server starts. i made sure that "c:\php;c:\php\ext" are in the environment path. any suggestions?
Are you running you it to just practice programming or to put some sites online? Is your php and sql hooked into apache correctly? Give us some more info.
i fixed the problem. turns out the .dll's in the /ext folder dont work from php version 5.2.5. had to get the ones from php 5.2.2 and put them in the /ext folder, worked like a charm.