Hmmm, I am not sure where to go with this. So if it a MySQL problem then what is making the problem occur? Do I need to set a permission or something? Is there a way to test and see if MySQL is working before going along with the install?

By The Way: I just finished solving a problem in post http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=10463 where I needed to restart apache after installing the php4-mysql package which allowed support for mysql to php. Could there still be something wrong here? If any one has an idea or another place to ask for help that would be great.

Thanks, Evan

Hello,

I was trying to install PunBB and after filling out all the information for the initial install.php screen I clicked Start Install and was shown the following error message.

An error occured on line 58 in file /var/www/punbb_mysql/include/dblayer/mysql.php.

PunBB reported: Unable to connect to MySQL server. MySQL reported: Lost connection to MySQL server during query

I am pretty sure I have mysql working properly because I installed php4-msql through apt-get and restarted apache afterwards. Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks, Evan

hcgtv wrote:

carmi,

apt-get install php4-mysql does install MySQL support into Debian and should add a line to your php.ini file.

Have you restarted Apache?

You nailed the problem on the head. Thanks. All I had to do was go to /etc/init.d and run

./apache restart

and after restarting apache everything worked fine.

Thanks so much Evan.

p.s. I am going to edit my original posts and include phpinfo information so if i change it people wanting help with this same problem can compare there phpinfo to mine. Hope you dont mind. smile

Hello,

I am trying to install PunBB on a linode through SSH. I am running debian and have installed apache with php. I installed mysql-server through apt-get and I installed php4-mysql also through apt-get. When I access the ip address with a browser I can see the phpinfo file and everything seems fine. The output is

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I have according to install procedures moved all files from the upload directory to the place I want to install to (punbb_mysql). I got an error when I accessed http://mydomain/punbb_mysql while index.php was there so I renamed index.php to ori.index.php. Now I am shown a listing of the files in http://mydomain/punbb_mysql but when I run install.php I get the following error message:

This PHP environment does not have support for any of the databases that PunBB supports. PHP needs to have support for either MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite in order for PunBB to be installed.

I thought that to get mysql working with php I only needed to issue the php4-mysql command through apt-get and that would add the module for mysql to php and everything would be peachy. Unfortunetly this is not what is happening and I need a little help on how to get php to support mysql.

Thanks,
Evan