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Ok I got it working did a goodle search. I had just grabbed everything mysql*.dll and dumped it in the root. Info on the net was a bit scetcy as to which file goes where. I dont know if you can answer my next question because it is more mysql related but here goes. When I start the mysql server I ran the MySQLInstanceConfig.exe file. In the task manager I notice mysqld-nt.exe is running. At uni we run the mysql.exe to get the server going. The file is in the bin folder but when I go to run it the dos window comes up and closes. Even when I double click on the mysqld-nt.exe myself after Ive shut it down the program through task manager I cannot start the server my self without going back to the MySQLInstanceConfig.exe which is about a ten step process. So I guess my question is, is there any difference with the mysqld-nt.exe which is launching now when I reboot my computer. Vrs the mysql.exe. And if I dont want to it to auto launch and just use it when nessecary what file in the bin folder do I load to get the server going. I have tried a few and I have been checking to see if server is running through task manager and launching mysql browser which fails to connect.

I am running php 5 and apache server on my computer. I am currently learning php at uni and we are using Mysql. I have just installed mysql on my machine and have run the server successfully and used mysql browser to open a script and populate some tables for some exercises I have done at Uni. I then procceded to change the php database connection information and run the files from home and I am recieving an error. Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in D:\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\NightClassBrett\week 10\nw.php on line 27 The line it is reffering to is $db=mysql_connect("localhost","root" ,"root"); The localhost psw and username are definatly correct. I set the psw to root. Any ideas to what I may have done wrong in installation that could be causing this problem I have also removed the ' in front of the line 'extension=php_mysql.dll which I believe was nessacery. Is there any other alteration to the php.ini file I need to make ? any help would be aprreciated.