php5 mysql extension

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 21, 2007, at 15:22, Branden Timm wrote:

> Hello,
>   I've just installed:
> apache2
> mysql5 +server
> php5 +mysql5 +apache2 +pear
>
> However, I can't seem to locate the mysql.so extension anywhere in  
> my system.  If I am correct, I need to specify this in my php.ini  
> file so that it can talk to my database.  Am I missing something here?

You don't need to specify anything in php.ini. I understand that on  
Windows that was necessary, but on other OSes, mysql support has  
simply been compiled into your php binaries and is now always available.