david kramer wrote:
> dan moylan wrote:
>> heretofor i have always created my own html pages, either
>> with vi or via perl scripts, but intriqued by the recent
>> posts about drupal, i thought i might give it a try.
>>
>> i read install.txt and install.mysql.txt and did my best to
>> follow the directions therein, but the end result, when i
>> put it in the browser window was:
>>
>>   We were unable to use the MySQL database because the MySQL
>>   extension for PHP is not installed. Check your PHP.ini to
>>   see how you can enable it.

> Do you have the package php5-mysql installed?

yes, mysql -V gives:

  mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.22, for redhat-linux-gnu
       (i686) using readline 5.0

dan

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brookline, ma 02446-6202
617-232-2360 (tel)
810-454-1823 (fax)
jdm@moylan.info
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