vista issue with wamp5 1.7.2

[samoht]

 

Hello all,

[vista home premium 32 bit]

 

I have been trying to get phpMyAdmin up for a couple of day's now on my new vista machine. I installed wamp5 1.7.2  - apache and mysql seem to be running fine but I always get the "Cannot load mysql extension. Please check your PHP configuration. - Documentation"

error when I try to open phpMyAdmin from the localhost and if I run phpMyAdmin/index.php I get:

 

Firefox can't find the file at /C:/wamp/phpmyadmin/navigation.php<?php echo $url_query; ?>.

 

I have checked the php.ini file 100 times  - and moved php_mysql.dll all over the place

I am thinking that this must be a vista issue?

 

also I disabled the UAC - before install

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated 

[B34ST]

I have just upgraded to vista and have the same problem, did anyone find a solution to this problem?

[LiamProductions]

I've got vista home premium it works for me :s

[B34ST]

could u possibly explain the installation process? or point me to a tutorial? I have tried several tutorials so far and have had no look. I am running apache 2.2.4 with php 5.2.3 and mysql 5.0.45 which all seem to work fine but as said above the  problem is when i try to install phpMyAdmin 2.10.3

[feckless]

You need to check the PHP.ini file and uncomment and verify the  "Extensions" area.

 

Open up PHP.ini and search for the "extension_dir".  It should be there.  It should contain a drive letter and path.  It will come up as shown below:

 

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.

extension_dir = "put the location of your extension directory here"  (this will be like "C:\PHP\ext")  This is where php wil look for the dll's that are not compiled into PHP

 

Next, go to the list of extensions.  They will be lower in the PHP.ini file and will appear in a lineup that looks like this:

;extension=php_mysql.dll  (there is usually many more than this, but this is the on you want.)

 

The initial semicolon "comments" out the dll.  for it to work, you must remove the semicolon so it looks like this:

extension=php_mysql.dll

 

The next thing to do is VERIFY that the php_mysql.dll is ACTUALLY IN THE extension directory that you have just set up.

 

The last thing to do is save the PHP.ini file to the right place, (make sure its in your PATH) and then RESTART Apache.

 

Every time you change the PHP.ini file, you must restart APACHE.