Hi
I have a server, runs static html pages fine for a long time now.
Anyway I needed to host a chat temporarily and I chose flashchat by tufat.com because I've used it quite a bit though never run it on my own servers before.
Anyway, it requires php and mysql but I've seen them before and there's the wonderful community to support me if the worst happens, so I thought it would be a doddle.
Wrong.
Mysql will not recognise PHP. Period. The phpinfo doesn't mention mysql and the flashchat installer fails to even get started due to no 'mysql in existence'.
I've spent days trawling the internet for guides, I've followed them all, downloaded different versions of mysql, php, I've even reinstalled apache. Ive put php.ini's just about everywhere, I've copied the mysql extensions and conectives in just about every system path, I've uncommented the extensions in all the php.ini files, I've rebooted the server, i've cleaned up after the mess and started afresh and I'm still getting absolutely NOWHERE. I downloaded the conenctives from mysql. Nothing at all.
There are a lot of guides out there for my symptoms, I've even attempted using lowly IIS. They just don't want to know, and when I asked on the script creators what they thought of the issue, neither did they.
I tried installing XAMPP, well, it installed okay and I got my databases set up and passworded but once again - mysql support does not exist. Nada.
Is there not just some way to get it to freakin work?
Im beyond annoyed. Where do I turn.
Kris
Mysql and PHP on windows. Driving me mental. 
I can connect to it remotely and add databases and such using a front end app like heidisql but php refuses to have any truck with mysql. I am sure it has something to do with these mysql extensions but they are all uncommented in the .ini files and the connective dll's are in both the system folders and the php folder so im really egtting frustrated.
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