Cant access MySQL from PHP script

[jeboy]

Im having trouble with connecting to mysql server from my php script. When I tried to setup phpMyAdmin it returns an error like this:
"Cannot load mysql extension. Please check your PHP configuration. - Documentation"

When I tried to connect to mysql database using my own script ($connection = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pass') it returns an error message like this:
"Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\db.php on line 9"

I copy the libmysql.dll to WINDOWS/system32 directory and php.ini to WINDOWS directory, I also set the extension_dir of php.ini to "c:\php\ext" where is the actual location of extensions in my php installation directory and i Uncomment the extension=php_mysql.dll

I used the following versions:
PHP 5.1.4-Win32
MySQL-essential-5.0.24-Win32
Apache 2.0.59-Win32

I also tried MySQL-essential-4.1.21-Win32 but still it returns an error.

What should I do?

[wildteen88]

When you made the changes to the php.ini and moved the files did you restart Apache? You restart Apache in order for the changes to come into effect.

Also it has nothing to do with the MySQL server. It is a PHP configuration issue. Please [url=http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,95378.0.html]read this FAQ[/url]. It should help you.

[jeboy]

Yes, I restart Apache when I made changes in php.ini but still I receive that particular error.

[wildteen88]

Did you read the FAQ I link you to?

Also is PHP using the correct php.ini? You can check this by creating a test script (test.php) and then adding the following code to it:
[code]<?php phpinfo(); ?>[/code]
Look for the following line - [b]Configuration File (php.ini) Path[/b]. To the right of that it should have the full path to the php.ini it is using. Is the the path C:\WINDOWS\php.ini?