Could not install mysql, on windows, had several conflicts or bugs. In order to solve it Used the libmysql.dll provided by PHP zip files, not the one that comes with Mysql, the mysql file had to be moved or deleted from its folder. Put it on the apache/bin folder, altought some use it in windows folder.* Originally, moved *mysql*.dll files from its extension folder, and returned back.* enabled mysql driver extensions in the php.ini file, but also enabled some extensions, that seemed not to be required, but, it did, like php_openssl.dll or php_pdo.dll on an early version of php. Added the PHPIni Dir xxx to the httpd.conf apache config. file, where xxx is the path to the folder where the php.ini file is located, and make sure its the same. Be warned, that this fixes, may help or not, for your installation, since there are many ways to configure the same thing (to solve a problem).
I followed all of the instructions in the detailed installation in the Word Press Codex and I have searched these support boards but I can't find a solution to this problem. I get the following message when trying to browse the install.php file: Your PHP installation appears to be missing the My SQL which is required for Word Press. I know My SQL is up and running but this tells me that something is not right with the PHP setup or the Word Press configurations. I've checked dozens of times to make sure that wp-config.php has the correct info. I'm running Word Press, PHP, and My SQL on the same Windows Server 2003 SP1 box (using IIS). Versions: Wordpress PHP My SQL -nt Details of wp-config.php: db: wordpress user: wordpressadmin pass: * host: localhost I would really appreciate any help you could give! Thanks in advance. PHP must have the My SQL extentions installed to communicate with the server. Otherwise, you have 2 distinct pieces of software that are un-aware of each other. It would seem that PHP 4 for Windows had My SQL compiled in my default, but PHP 5 doesn't. You're going to have to enable it through your php.ini file. Please go to for more information. Regards I went into the php.ini file and added the php_mysqli.dll in the list of extensions. Didn't work. Tried removing the semicolons; didn't work. I already added c:\php to the system paths in environment variables when I first installed PHP. Still having the same problems. Any further ideas? Here's a super question. will Word Press work on an older version of PHP that has My SQL support built-in. I can't get the stupid thing to load the bloody extension no matter what I do. I ran into the same problem, error message and everything. I ended up tracking down the server location of My SQL and replacing localhost with the actual location. Then installation worked like a charm. I.
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