Install Error at Step 3

[phumphries]

I am getting the following error during the install:


Attempting to connect...
Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function mysql_pconnect() in db_mysql.php3 on line 31

I have a Celeron 533, 128M RAM, 8G HD running RedHat 6.2 (no kernel patches, yet), php3_module running under Apache, MySQL v8.0 3.22.32. I installed everything using RPMs except vBulletin Lite, which I copied as instructed. The PHP version does not work, but the PHP3 version runs up to Step 3 of the install.

The only hiccup I encountered before this was the "case" problem installing MySQL-bench with mysql-DBI-perl-bin instead of MySQL-DBI-perl-bin. I used "rpm -nodeps" to force it in, which my instructions for MySQL said would be fine. :)

Hopefully, I am just forgetting something simple. Any hints?

Thanks in advance,

Peter E. Humphries

[phumphries]

Answered my own question with a little more digging in the Install support forum. I needed:

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrakecooker/contrib/RPMS/php-mysql-3.0.14-2mdk.i586.html

to link PHP and MySQL. RedHat includes PostgreSQL support, but one must add MySQL support, of course.

I am off to buy the full version... :D

Peter E. Humphries