NEWBIES UNITE - it ain't easy first time

[Nax]

I admit it, I'm a complete noobie, bought a laptop coz I'm supporting a SMF forum similar to this and I know noting about PHP or MySQL.  OK first thing - bought a book, Teach Yourself MySql, Apache,PHP.  Installed all from download sites and I think all three elements are working.  Started to foloow the instructions in the book at the point where I want to get a web page to talk to a database.

 

Used the sample given to test connectivity:

 

<?php

$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "nax", "250558", "test");

 

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {

printf("connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());

  exit();

  } else {

printf("host information: %s\n" , mysqli_get_host_info($mysqli));

  }

?>

 

result =

 

Class 'mysqli' not found 2 mysqlconnect.php C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs Fatal error

 

The book hasn't even mentioned classes yet! so I've fallen at the first hurdle (I am not a programmer even minor HTML is an unknown).

 

Anyone steer a newborn in the right direction? :-\

[Nax]

more info:-

 

The file php_mysqli.dll exisits in c:\php

 

creating a file  containg phpinfo() brings back the phpinfo page ok

[trq]

creating a file  containg phpinfo() brings back the phpinfo page ok

 

Does this page contain any info about mysqli?

[Nax]

No I did a search and can't see it there  :-\

 

Attached a copy of my phpinfo

 

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[Nax]

Just reading up, would it be easier to uninstall and use Wamp5 ?  I'm running Vista  all I want to do s learn by setting up a devleopment environment on my laptop,  MySql, Apache, PHP.  Have decent PHP editor.

[trq]

Yes. it would be much easier to install a pre-configured package.