[!--quoteo(post=355922:date=Mar 17 2006, 09:06 AM:name=wildteen88)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(wildteen88 @ Mar 17 2006, 09:06 AM) [snapback]355922[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Is php using the correct php.ini file, check with phpinfo to see that php is using the corret php.ini Also did restart Apache when you made any changes to your php.ini file? [/quote] [!--coloro:#990000--][span style=\"color:#990000\"][!--/coloro--]Yes, everytime I open it I restart Apache..lol [!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--] Interesting. Your hint led me to see that in phpinfo, it appears to not be reading the php.ini file (At least the one in C:\Windows). The [b]extension_dir[/b] in phpinfo indicates it is still looking under the default php setting of [b]c:\php5[/b], not c:\php\ext. [Also, phpinfo: Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS]. The directory is the same. There is only one php.ini file in there. I of course double checked (for the 5th + time) my directory entries....And the php.ini changes are enabled. extension_dir ="c:\php\ext" extension=php_mysql.dll (no semicolon before). Any thoughts from here? [Does that mean it is not reading the php.ini all together? seeing that it is relying on the default location for extensions, not the directory explicity mentioned in php.ini (and no, Im not crazy, It is in there...lol). [!--coloro:#990000--][span style=\"color:#990000\"][!--/coloro--]Is there a possibility of another php.ini file it is relying on? It is not in the C:\Windows directory in which phpinfo says its looking for. [I even swapped out the php.ini, and replaced it with a new one, made the changes, and still nothing].???? [!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--] thx.