1 Reply by srgould

(11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Rickard hit the nail on the head actually. I figured there was no chance of it working as I have already tried it before, but I had never before copied libmysql.dll to the winnt/system32 directory before. Bingo!

Thank you Rickard.

Paul, I copied your post so I may try that later if this gives me any more trouble. Now to learn Blog:CMS...

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2 Reply by srgould

(11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

Only problem with that is I am using PHP 4, which has built in MYSQL support. I have tried several versions of 4 and also 5, before I found one that actually worked. If I understand correctly I cannot use the mysql dll's with version 4...

Steve

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3 Reply by srgould

(11 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)

This seems to be my problem too. I have spent days on this and am ready to scream!

This PHP environment doesn't have MySQL support built in. MySQL support is required if you want to use a MySQL database to run this forum. Consult the PHP documentation for further assistance.

I see the link, http://se.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php, talks about using --with-mysql[=DIR]. Please tell this stupid Windows user what the heck that means and how to employ it.

Thanks!

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