Installation
Installation
Installation
This extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0, and it
was removed in PHP 7.0.0. Instead, the MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extension should be used. See also MySQL: choosing an
API guide and related FAQ for more information. Alternatives to this
function include:
For compiling, simply use the
–with-mysql[=DIR]
configuration option where the optional [DIR] points to
the MySQL installation directory.
Although this MySQL extension is compatible with
MySQL 4.1.0 and greater, it doesn’t support the extra functionality
that these versions provide. For that, use the MySQLi extension.
If you would like to install the mysql extension
along with the mysqli extension you have to use the same client
library to avoid any conflicts.
Installation on Linux Systems
Note: [DIR] is the path to the MySQL
client library files (headers and
libraries), which can be downloaded from » MySQL.
| PHP Version | Default | Configure Options: mysqlnd | Configure Options: libmysqlclient | Changelog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.x.x | libmysqlclient | Not Available |
–without-mysql to disable |
MySQL enabled by default, MySQL client libraries are bundled |
| 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x | libmysqlclient | Not Available | –with-mysql=[DIR] | MySQL is no longer enabled by default, and the MySQL client libraries are no longer bundled |
| 5.3.x | libmysqlclient | –with-mysql=mysqlnd | –with-mysql=[DIR] | mysqlnd is now available |
| 5.4.x | mysqlnd | –with-mysql | –with-mysql=[DIR] | mysqlnd is now the default |
Installation on Windows Systems
PHP 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x
MySQL is no longer enabled by default, so the
php_mysql.dll DLL must be enabled
inside of php.ini. Also, PHP needs
access to the MySQL client library. A file named libmysql.dll is included in the Windows PHP
distribution and in order for PHP to talk to MySQL this file needs
to be available to the Windows systems PATH. See the FAQ titled “How
do I add my PHP directory to the PATH on
Windows” for information on how to do this. Although copying
libmysql.dll to the Windows system
directory also works (because the system directory is by default in
the system’s PATH), it’s not
recommended.
As with enabling any PHP extension (such as
php_mysql.dll), the PHP directive
extension_dir should be set to the directory where the
PHP extensions are located. See also the Manual Windows
Installation Instructions. An example extension_dir value for
PHP 5 is c:\php\ext
Note:
If when starting the web server an error similar to
the following occurs: “Unable to load dynamic library
‘./php_mysql.dll'”, this is because php_mysql.dll and/or libmysql.dll cannot be found by the system.
PHP 5.3.0+
The MySQL Native Driver is enabled by default. Include
php_mysql.dll, but libmysql.dll is no longer required or used.
MySQL Installation Notes
Crashes and startup problems of PHP may be
encountered when loading this extension in conjunction with the
recode extension. See the recode extension for more information.
Note:
If you need charsets other than latin (default), you have to install external (not
bundled) libmysqlclient with compiled charset support.