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mysql_affected_rows> <MySQL
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joachimb at gmail dot com
16-May-2008 05:28
Lazy Man's Logging:

<?php
  /// Creates a table called $table as (id, when, message) if none such exists, and inserts a row with $message in it.
  /// If no connection details are given, it uses the current database connection. Same goes for $database and $when.
  ///
  /// @returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
  ///
  /// @example mysql_put_contents("orders", "I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER?", "mysite", NULL, "127.0.0.1:3306", "mysite_user", "secret") or die(mysql_error());
  /// @example mysql_put_contents("guestbook", "Longcat says: I'm loooooooooooong") or die("Errorz!");
  function mysql_put_contents($table, $message, $database = NULL, $when = NULL, $host = NULL, $user = NULL, $pass = NULL) {
    if($host)
        mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
      if($database)
        mysql_select_db($database);
   
      $qry = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `$table` (
             `id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
             `when` TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
             `message` TEXT NOT NULL
           );";
    $result = mysql_query($qry);
    if($result === FALSE)
      return FALSE;
     
    $qry = "INSERT INTO `$table` VALUES(NULL, ".($when ? $when : 'NULL').", '".mysql_real_escape_string($message)."');";

    $result = mysql_query($qry);
    if($result === FALSE)
      return FALSE;
     
    return TRUE;
  }
   
?>
dhirendrak at yahoo dot com
05-Feb-2008 02:03
<?php
# Created by dhirendra can be reached at dhirendrak at yahoo dot com
# This script is created to check the data difference between two tables
# when the structure of both tables are same.
# Limitation :
# 1) Structure of both tables should be same.
# 2) Name of both table should be different but if same than obviously
# second table should be if different database.
# 3) If use two database than both database permission should be same
# as i am using aliases to get the information.
#
# USES::
# 1) This may be useful when you did some changes in your existing
# script and you expect the certain output. So with the help of this
#    function you may compare the impact due to your changes in script.
#
# 

$host="";        # host name or ip address
$user="";            # database user name
$pass="";    # database password
$database="";        # dateabase name with which you want to connect

# get connection with mysql
$dblink = @mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);

# select and open database
mysql_select_db($database,$dblink);

$db1="< your db1 >"; // first database
// second database if database are same for both tables than use the same as db1
$db2="< your db2 >";
$table1="< your table1 >"; // first table
// second table if database is same for both tables than table name
# must be different but fields name are same and order of the fields are same.

$table2="< your table2 >";

// function starts here
function table_data_difference($first,$second)
{
    global $dblink;
    $sql1 = "SHOW FIELDS FROM $first";
    $result = mysql_query($sql1,$dblink) or die("Having error in execution 1 ==".mysql_error());

    while($row = mysql_fetch_object($result))
    {
        $from_fields[]=$row->Field;
    }
   
    $sql="select * from $first";
    $res=mysql_query($sql,$dblink) or die("Having error in execution 2==".mysql_error());
    $j=1;
    while($row=mysql_fetch_array($res))
    {
       
        $num=count($from_fields);

        $sql_next="select $second.* from $second where";
   
        for($i=0;$i < $num;$i++)
        {
            $sql_next=$sql_next." ".$second.".".$from_fields[$i]."='".$row[$from_fields[$i]]."' and ";
        }

        $sql_next=substr($sql_next,0,strlen($sql_next)-5);

        $res_next=mysql_query($sql_next,$dblink) or die("Having error in execution 3==".mysql_error());
        $num1=mysql_num_rows($res_next);
        if($num1==0)
        {
            for($i=0;$i < count($from_fields);$i++)
            {
                $val=$val."<br>".$from_fields[$i]."=".$row[$from_fields[$i]];
            }
            // Display the record which are not matched.
            echo "<br>\n".$j.".".$val;
            echo "<br>-----------------------------------------------------";
            $j++;
        }
   
    }
   
}

$first=$db1.'.'.$table1;
$second=$db2.'.'.$table2;

table_data_difference($first,$second);

?>
matiyahoo-publico at yhoo dot com dot ar
17-Nov-2007 11:26
David:

In this line:

$query = "SELECT username FROM users WHERE username REGEXP '$username[0-9*]'";

PHP may read $username[, *including* the open square bracket, and may think you are trying to get into an array.

You should use this instead:

$query = "SELECT username FROM users WHERE username REGEXP '${username}[0-9*]'";

Or maybe this:

$query = "SELECT username FROM users WHERE username REGEXP '$username" . "[0-9*]'";
david at kiwi dot com
09-Nov-2007 11:13
I am wanting to increment usernames which are to be alphabetic characters A-Z or a-z and if someone uses "abc" it will automatically be given "abc1" and the next applicant to apply for that same username will automatically be given "abc2", the next "abc3" and so on. If I enter the following into MySQL;

SELECT username FROM users WHERE username REGEXP 'abc[0-9*]';

the result is

abc1
abc2
abc3

I have been given the following script from another forum but it does not work;

<?php
$username = 'abc';
$query = "SELECT username FROM users WHERE username LIKE '$username%'";
$res = mysql_query($query);
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res)) {
   $n = str_replace($username, '', $row['username']);
   if ($old_n+1!=$n) {
      $new_user = $username . ($old_n+1);
      break;
   }
}
?>

In addition to the script not working the "LIKE" function would not be suitable because if a username was applied as "blue" it would pick up usernames "blue1" and "bluebird1" therefore it appears as if "REGEXP '$username[0-9*]' is the only or correct option.

I have tried the REGEXP option in association with the balance of the code but it appears as if PHP will not interact with the "[" and "]" in the following;

$query = "SELECT username FROM users WHERE username REGEXP '$username[0-9*]'";
SID TRIVEDI
07-Nov-2007 07:33
<?php
/*
MySQL (Community) Server Installation on 32-bit Windows XP running Apache

On Windows, the recommended way to run MySQL is to install it as a Windows service, whereby MySQL starts and stops automatically when Windows starts and stops. A MySQL server installed as a service can also be controlled from the command line commands, or with the graphical Services utility like phpMyAdmin.

PHP ---> MySQL CONNECTORS (php_mysql.dll and php_mysqli.dll as extensions)
MySQL provides the mysql and mysqli extensions for the Windows operating system on http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php/ for MySQL version 4.1.16 and higher, MySQL 5.0.18, and MySQL 5.1. As with enabling any PHP extension in php.ini (such as php_mysql.dll), the PHP directive extension_dir should be set to the directory where the PHP extensions are located.

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.

Following PHP Script is useful to test PHP connection with MySQL.
*/

//$connect = mysql_connect("Your Host Name", "MySQL root directory", 'MySQL password, if any');
//$connect = mysql_connect("Host Name or Address - 127.0.0.1", "root", 'password');
$connect = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", 'password');
if ($connect){
echo "Congratulations!\n<br>";
echo "Successfully connected to MySQL database server.\n<br>";
}else{
$error = mysql_error();
echo "Could not connect to the database. Error = $error.\n<br>";
exit();
}

// Closing connection
$close = mysql_close($connect);
if ($close){
echo "\n<br>";
echo "Now closing the connection...\n<br>";
echo "MySQL connection closed successfully as well.\n<br>";
}else{
echo "There's a problem in closing MySQL connection.\n<br>";
}
exit();
?>
rad14701 at yahoo dot com
14-Oct-2007 03:01
@Amanda 12-Oct-2007 09:58

I almost had to ask myself if this was a real question... If the MySQL server rejects the connection attempt then, yes, MySQL would be able to send back an error to PHP... And if PHP can't access the target MySQL server at all then it is also smart enough to issue the appropriate error all by itself...
arnold_dba
13-Oct-2007 09:36
Also, to secure MySQL data and to be able to comply with PCI standards, you should encrypt the data. There are many ways to do it. For hackers, you can use dm-crypt (www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt) tool. It is basically used to encrypt the whole partition. If you want a sophisticated solution go with Security-GENERAL for MySQL from packet general (www.packetgeneral.com)
On windows, you can use disk encryption feature provided by windows itself or tool like trucrypt (www.truecrypt.org)
DuiMDog
02-Sep-2007 06:19
On 11-Apr-2007 admin at mihalism dot com posted an 'easy to use MySql-class'.
In my opinion there is a bug in the get_affected_rows-function. It refers to query-id, but  it should refer to connect-id instead.

The corrected function should be:
    function get_affected_rows($connect_id = ""){
            if($connect_id == NULL){
                $return = mysql_affected_rows($this->connect_id);
            }else{
                $return = mysql_affected_rows($connect_id);
            }
            if(!$return){
                $this->error();
            }else{
                return $return;
            }
        }
atk2 at hotmail dot com
14-Jun-2007 11:56
After finally getting IIS, PHP, and MySQL on a new Windows XP machine, I decided to write the steps I took so you can see how it was done: http://www.atksolutions.com/articles/install_php_mysql_iis.html

Hope this helps.
tomasz dot rup at gmail dot com
16-Apr-2007 07:14
Correct algorithm to generate MySQL password hash is:

<?php
function mysql_password($passStr) {
        $nr=0x50305735;
        $nr2=0x12345671;
        $add=7;
        $charArr = preg_split("//", $passStr);

        foreach ($charArr as $char) {
                if (($char == '') || ($char == ' ') || ($char == '\t')) continue;
                $charVal = ord($char);
                $nr ^= ((($nr & 63) + $add) * $charVal) + ($nr << 8);
                $nr &= 0x7fffffff;
                $nr2 += ($nr2 << 8) ^ $nr;
                $nr2 &= 0x7fffffff;
                $add += $charVal;
        }

        return sprintf("%08x%08x", $nr, $nr2);
}
?>
Nobody Special
14-Apr-2007 02:20
This PHP5-only class is used so that $db isn't passed. Kudos to arjen at queek dot nl for example.

<?php
class SQL {
 private $db;
 public function __construct($host="localhost",$user="root",$pass="",$db="") {
  $this->db = @mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
  if(!$this->db) die(@mysql_error());
  if($db != "") $dbs = @mysql_select_db($db);
  if(!$dbs) die(@mysql_error());
 }
 public function __destruct() {
  @mysql_close($db);
 }
 public function __call($function, $arguments) {
  array_push($arguments, $this->db);
  $return = call_user_func_array("mysql_".$function, $arguments);
  if(!$return) die(@mysql_error());
 }
}

$db = new SQL();
$query = $db->query("SELECT * FROM this_table WHERE my_variable='1'");
$fetch = $db->fetch_array($query);
print_r($fetch);
?>
mega-squall at caramail dot com
13-Apr-2007 05:35
For Windows users, please note:

If apache is installed as a service, and you change PATH variable so it can reach libmysql.dll, you will need to reboot your machine in order to have changes applied.
admin at mihalism dot com
11-Apr-2007 10:48
Heres a easy to use MySQL class for any website

<?php
    class mysql_db{
        //+======================================================+
        function sql_connect($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database){
            $this->connect_id = mysql_connect($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword);
            if($this->connect_id){
                if (mysql_select_db($database)){
                    return $this->connect_id;
                }else{
                    return $this->error();
                }
            }else{
                return $this->error();
            }
        }
        //+======================================================+
        function error(){
            if(mysql_error() != ''){
                echo '<b>MySQL Error</b>: '.mysql_error().'<br/>';
            }
        }
        //+======================================================+
        function query($query){
            if ($query != NULL){
                $this->query_result = mysql_query($query, $this->connect_id);
                if(!$this->query_result){
                    return $this->error();
                }else{
                    return $this->query_result;
                }
            }else{
                return '<b>MySQL Error</b>: Empty Query!';
            }
        }
        //+======================================================+
        function get_num_rows($query_id = ""){
            if($query_id == NULL){
                $return = mysql_num_rows($this->query_result);
            }else{
                $return = mysql_num_rows($query_id);
            }
            if(!$return){
                $this->error();
            }else{
                return $return;
            }
        }
        //+======================================================+
        function fetch_row($query_id = ""){
            if($query_id == NULL){
                $return = mysql_fetch_array($this->query_result);
            }else{
                $return = mysql_fetch_array($query_id);
            }
            if(!$return){
                $this->error();
            }else{
                return $return;
            }
        }   
        //+======================================================+
        function get_affected_rows($query_id = ""){
            if($query_id == NULL){
                $return = mysql_affected_rows($this->query_result);
            }else{
                $return = mysql_affected_rows($query_id);
            }
            if(!$return){
                $this->error();
            }else{
                return $return;
            }
        }
        //+======================================================+
        function sql_close(){
            if($this->connect_id){
                return mysql_close($this->connect_id);
            }
        }
        //+======================================================+   
    }

    /* Example */

    $DB = new mysql_db();
    $DB->sql_connect('sql_host', 'sql_user', 'sql_password', 'sql_database_name');
    $DB->query("SELECT * FROM `members`");
    $DB->sql_close();
?>
26-Jan-2007 04:14
Note, that the sql.safe_mode configuration setting does effect all mysql_* functions. This has nothing to to with the php safe mode, check the [SQL] section in php.ini.

I found out, that if you set sql.safe_mode = On, mysql_connect will ignore provided username and passwort and makes use of the script owner instead (checked on debian).
ravenal at uniphix dot com
27-Nov-2006 05:37
I was working with a friend of mine and he happened wanted to sort data based on the column names, well this function will basically sort the Field Names in ABC order and then from there on it'll add the data based on the field names assigned to...

You can use this to create easily forms and exclude what you don't want to be as entered data or sort it based on what order you want...

<?php
/*
 * By Benjamin Willard (c) 2006
 *
 * Sorts a Field by the Column Name (in ABC Order)
 *
 * @param string             : Table Name of where to Display the Values
 * @param integer             : Database Link
 * (Optional) @param array     : This will sort whatever you wish to be displayed on the top of the list
 * (Optional) @param array     : This will exclude what you do not want displayed
 *
 * return @param array         : Returns an Array of the Column Data
 * [Usage]
 * mysql_sort_field_column( string tablename, int database_link [, array sortfirst, array exclude] )
 * [Example]
 * $array = mysql_sort_field_column( "test", $c, array( "id", "name" ), array( "password" ) );
 *
 * [Output]
 *    Array
 *    (
 *        [0] => id
 *        [Field] => id
 *        [1] => int(11)
 *        [Type] => int(11)
 *        [2] =>
 *        [Null] =>
 *        [3] => PRI
 *        [Key] => PRI
 *        [4] =>
 *        [Default] =>
 *        [5] => auto_increment
 *        [Extra] => auto_increment
 *    )
 *        [id] => 1;
 *
 */
function mysql_sort_field_column( $tablename, $link, $sortfirst = '', $exclude = '' )
{       
    $show=mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM $tablename", $link);
   
    $array=array();
   
    while( $fetch = mysql_fetch_array($show ) )
    {
        $array[$fetch['Field']] = $fetch;
    }
   
    ksort($array);
   
    if( $sortfirst )
    {
        if( is_array($sortfirst) )
        {
            $newarray = array();
            foreach( $sortfirst AS $i2 => $v )
                $newarray[$v] = $array[$v];
           
            foreach( $array AS $index => $val2 )
            {
                if( in_array($index, $sortfirst ) )
                    continue;
                   
                $newarray[$index] = $val2;
            }
           
            $array = $newarray;
        }
    }
   
    if( $exclude )
    {
        if( is_array($exclude) )
        {
            $out = array();
           
            foreach( $array AS $index2 => $val2 )
            {
                if( in_array( $index2, $exclude ) )
                    continue;
                   
                $out[$index2] = $val2;
            }
           
            $array = $out;
        }
    }
   
    return $array;
}
?>
mdhafen at x.washk12.org
19-Oct-2006 02:00
In response to martijn at elicit dot nl

Actually it is possible as a query, even with an auto_increment key field.  Like so...

INSERT
  INTO
   tablename
   ( list, of, ALL, similar, columns )
( SELECT
  *
FROM
  tablename
WHERE
  somefield = 'somevalue' )

That should work.
martijn at elicit dot nl
29-Aug-2006 03:52
Keeping history records usually requires you to duplicate rows. With standard MySQL syntax you can create a query like this:

INSERT
  INTO
    tablename
SELECT
  *
FROM
  tablename
WHERE
  somefield = 'somevalue'

The problem is that this won't work if you are using an auto_numbering key id field. There is no way to do this with standard MySQL syntax and I haven't been able to find a standard php function as well. So here's the function I wrote for that very purpose:

<?php

// function to create a duplicate record in a table with 1 auto_increment id.
function mysql_duplicate_record($table, $id_field, $id)
{
    // load original record into array
    $query = 'SELECT * FROM ' . $table . ' WHERE ' . $id_field . ' = ' . $id . ' LIMIT 1;';
    $r = mysql_query( $query ) or die('Error, query failed. ' . mysql_error());
    $ar = mysql_fetch_array( $r, MYSQL_ASSOC );
   
    // insert new record and get new auto_increment id
    mysql_query ('LOCK TABLES ' . $table . ' WRITE;') or die('Error, query failed. ' . mysql_error());
    mysql_query ('INSERT INTO ' . $table . ' ( `' . $id_field . '` ) VALUES ( NULL );') or die('Error, query failed. ' . mysql_error());
    $id = mysql_insert_id();
    mysql_query ('UNLOCK TABLES;') or die('Error, query failed. ' . mysql_error());
   
    // update new record with values from previous record
    $query = 'UPDATE ' . $table . ' SET ';
    while ($value = current($ar))
    {
        if (key($ar) != $id_field)
        {
            $query .= '`'.key($ar).'` = "'.$value.'", ';
        }
        next($ar);
    }
    $query = substr($query,0,strlen($query)-2).' ';
    $query .= 'WHERE ' . $id_field . ' = "' . $id . '" LIMIT 1;';
    mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed. ' . mysql_error());
   
    // return the new id
    return $id;
}

?>
davesteinb at yahoo dot com
13-Aug-2006 06:32
I made this function to reduce DB calls. You can store Mysql results in a session var and sort the results on any column. Might work nice in an AJAX app.

<?

function mysql_sort($results, $sort_field, $dir="ASC") {
    $temp_array = array();
    $i=0;
    foreach ($results as $res) {
        $temp_array[$i] = $res[$sort_field];
        $i++;
    }
    if ($dir=="ASC") {
        asort($temp_array);
    } else {
        arsort($temp_array);
    }

    $new_results = array();
    $i=0;
    foreach($temp_array as $k => $v) {
        $new_results[$i] = $results[$k];
        $i++;
    }
    ksort($new_results);
    return $new_results;
   
}

//use
if (count($_SESSION["res"])==0) {
    $_SESSION["res"] = [GET DATABASE RESULTS HOWEVER YOU MAY]
}

$_SESSION["res"] = mysql_sort($_SESSION["res"], $_REQUEST["sort"], $_REQUEST["dir"]);

?>
<table>
<tr>
  <td><a href="page.php?sort=f_name&dir=<? echo ($_REQUEST["dir"]=="ASC") ? "DESC":"ASC"; ?>">First</a></td>
  <td><a href="page.php?sort=l_name&dir=<? echo ($_REQUEST["dir"]=="ASC") ? "DESC":"ASC"; ?>">Last</a></td>
</tr>

<? foreach ($_SESSION["res"] as $r) {?>
<tr>
  <td><?=$r["f_name"]?></td>
  <td><?=$r["l_name"]?></td>
</tr>
<? } ?>
</table>
richard at NOSPAM dot dimax dot com
19-Jul-2006 07:58
In response to Conrad Decker's post below: 

If your tables contain foreign key constraints you will not be able to properly restore from a datafile created by mysqldump.

mysqldump dumps table data in alphabetical order, not in the logical order required by the foreign key constraints.
vbolshov at rbc dot ru
10-Jul-2006 02:27
I have recently ran into a problem with configuring php extensions related to mysql (namely, mysql and pdo_mysql). Later I've discovered that it wasn't a PHP problem but that of MySQL - libmysqlclient doesn't ship with binary downloads. I've built MySQL from sources and both extensions then compiled successfully.
Conrad Decker
23-May-2006 04:56
In regards to the previous post...you should actually be able to pipe a mysql dump directly back into mysql.

From the command line something like
mysql -u username -p databasename < mysqldumpfilename
should rebuild the database.

There are some additional options one can use, and I believe mysqldump from different versions of mysql may not be completely compatible.
sb at stephenbrooks dot org
01-May-2006 04:43
I'm in the process of changing web hosts and my previous host provided a "dump" of the database in the form of a sequence of SQL requests that (I assume) have to be executed in order to rebuild the database on another system.  It was generated using "MySQL dump 9.11".  Queries are finished by a semicolon and linefeed, while comment-lines begin with a double hyphen.  The script below opens a connection to an SQL server and loads a dump file $file of this format into the database $dest_db.

function load_db_dump($file,$sqlserver,$user,$pass,$dest_db)
{
  $sql=mysql_connect($sqlserver,$user,$pass);
  mysql_select_db($dest_db);
  $a=file($file);
  foreach ($a as $n => $l) if (substr($l,0,2)=='--') unset($a[$n]);
  $a=explode(";\n",implode("\n",$a));
  unset($a[count($a)-1]);
  foreach ($a as $q) if ($q)
    if (!mysql_query($q)) {echo "Fail on '$q'"; mysql_close($sql); return 0;}
  mysql_close($sql);
  return 1;
}

This may not be watertight if the ";\n" sequence appears inside queries, but I hope it helps others who are in posession of such dumps.
caladorn at ugcs dot caltech dot edu
19-Apr-2006 03:33
After configuring php.ini as outlined above (set the extension_dir variable and uncomment the appropriate mysql library) I kept receiving the following error on every Apache restart:

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext\\php_mysql.dll'

After trawling the web, most suggestions seemed to center on copying the libmysql.dll from the php install directory to c:\windows\system32.  While this can work, it can also complicate future upgrades, since you'll always have to copy the new libmysql.dll to insure proper operation.

Instead, if you run a search for "libmysql.dll", you'll likely find several versions in various directories.  After removing the older (smaller) versions from the other directories in my PATH, (c:\windows, c:\windows\system32) - and making sure the php install directory was in the PATH, apache/php was able to successfully locate the correct DLL and start without errors.

Hopefully someone will find this helpful.  ;)
Nathan Brizzee
03-Apr-2006 01:42
Hi,
For all those who may still be struggling to get PHP to work with Windows and IIS, I finally found something that works.

If you are getting the error message that function mysql_connect could not be found and you're sure you enabled php_mysql in php.ini this is what finally solved my problem.

The post from mmw_canada at yahoo dot com on 10-Jul-2005 06:15 pointed me in the right direction.  Thanks mmw_canada!

1.) If you are connected to your Windows box via Remote Desktop, there is a switch to Remote Desktop that will connect you to the console session.  This is important because when IIS starts up, it's error messages go to the console.  If you are sitting at the physical machine, you can ignore this step.

Here is the command
mstsc -v:10.192.186.xxx  /F -console

For a more complete list of supported commands, type this at a dos command window:
mstsc /?

2.) Add a registry entry that tells PHP where to find its php.ini file.  Copy the following text and paste it in a text file.  Rename the text file to something like phpini.reg and double-click it to add it to your registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\PHP]
"IniFilePath"="C:\\\\PHP"

2.) Add c:\\php; (or wherever you unzipped PHP to) to your environment variable "Path".  Here is the important part that caused me hours and hours of grief.  When adding c:\\php; to the PATH environment variable, make SURE you add it BEFORE the path to CVSNT or MYSQL.  PHP, CVSNT, and MYSQL all have a file called libmysql.dll.  Search order is important for PHP to find its file libmysql.dll first.  PHP must come first in the search path.  Otherwise you will get an error from the DLL on the console screen when IIS starts up saying it can't find the specified function call.

To see the order of your environment variables, open up a dos window and type "set" and press enter.  Look at what Path is equal to.  c:\\php; better come before cvsnt and mysql or it will never work properly.

Hope this helps!
brjann at gmail dot com
01-Apr-2006 04:11
After tearing my eyes out in frustration, I've finally found a way to enable extensions that always works for me. It's pretty straightforward.

1. Download the latest zip-version of PHP.
2. Delete (or backup) the contents of your PHP folder (usually c:\php). (remember to save any ext's not included in the zip)
3. Copy everything in the zip-file into your PHP folder
4. Be sure that extension_dir is set to "./ext" in php.ini
5. Enable whichever extensions you want to use in php.ini

I guess that deleting everything is quite unnecessary, the important thing is that the php.exe and extensions in the same zip are of compatible versions. I've never found any need to change the PATH environment variable.

Hope it helps!
yp
15-Mar-2006 05:08
when using Fedora Core linux Mysql rpm installation.
Configure as following to load the mysql header files.
./configure --with-mysql=/usr/
Remember to do make clean to remove old configurations before compile
php comments of fuzzyworm co., uk
17-Feb-2006 06:13
If you want to get PHP working nicely with MySQL, even with Apache, under Windows based systems, try XAMPP, from Apache Friends. It saves messing about with config files, which is the only major problem with trying to get the three to work together under windows.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
sabin at sabin dot com dot np
14-Feb-2006 07:29
php_mysql.dll and libmysql.dll for windows systems can be downloaded from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php/

It can be useful to those who are using the PHP Windows installer, which does not have any external extensions included.
elliotthird at tiscali dot co dot uk
03-Feb-2006 12:20
Oops! Don't use that one, use this:
<?php
  class database {
   function database($server, $username, $password, $database) {
     $this->connection = mysql_connect($server, $username, $password);
     if (!$this->connection || !mysql_select_db($database, $this->connection)) {
       return false;
     } else {
       return true;
     }
   }
   function query($sql, $type = MYSQL_BOTH) {
     $query = mysql_query($sql, $this->connection);
     while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($query)) {
       $return[] = $row;
     }
     return $return;
   }
  }
  /* Change this to reflect your database setup */
  $database = new database('localhost', 'root', '', 'forum');
  if (!$database) {
    exit('Could not connect to the database!');
  }
?>
jeremy hepler
20-Dec-2005 03:12
For those of you on an OS that has older mysql libs and want to properly authenticate to the modern mysql versions, without the OLD_PASSWORD hack; compile php with where you have installed the latest mysql binary package:

./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql

if you have mysql installed on seperate server, just drop it into the target directory on what ever machine you are compiling it on.

Be sure to "make clean" before building or it may look in the previous place.

Use the output of mysql_get_client_info(); to test before and after.
Joe Greklek
15-Dec-2005 04:15
I've seen alot of newbies getting frustrated over the extenstions not being installed initially, so heres a quick tut for Windows.

It's ok to use the php5 installer. Just be sure to also grab the .zip or "manual" version of php5.

Install it like any other app. It's pretty straight forward. Don't forget to set the securities mentioned in the last message box at the end of the install. Next, If you installed php to c:\php then you will need to add this to your PATH environment variable. This is a very important step.

Now open up the .zip manual version of php5 and extract the ext folder, and "libmysql.dll" to "c:\php\".

You *MUST* set your security permissions on libmysql.dll and the ext folder to READ/READ&EXECUTE for IUSR_"MACHINE_NAME". like my machine is called master<acct = IUSR_MASTER>. If you don't do this you will recieve an ******.dll - Access Denied. type message.

Next edit your php.ini file usually located in c:\windows\.
Find the line for    extension_dir    variable and make it say
extension_dir = "c:\php\ext\"

Then scroll down a little bit and find the lines that say
;extension=php_mbstring.dll
;extension=php_bz2.dll
;extension=php_curl.dll
;extension=php_dba.dll
;extension=php_dbase.dll
;extension=php_exif.dll
;extension=php_fdf.dll
;extension=php_filepro.dll
;extension=php_gd2.dll
;extension=php_gettext.dll
;extension=php_ifx.dll

just remove the semicolin for each extension you would like loaded. Such as
extention=php_mysql.dll
and so on.

Now just reboot and all should be well. Query away. you basically only need to reboot to update the PATH environment variable. Hope this helps at least 1 person.:)
phil at pelanne dot com
03-Nov-2005 10:46
If you are experiencing extremely slow connections to MySQL from PHP from a Windows 2003 Server it may well not be PHP or IIS - try loading mysql in in 'skip-name-resolve'-Mode. 

It may mean the difference between a 10 second load time and a split second load time.
Jonathon Hibbard
21-Sep-2005 01:47
This is a small function I wrote to handle queries on a table.
It can query a table, order and sort, and supports inner joins.

This function also returns the result as a single row or all rows.

Enjoy :

<?php
  /**
   * Selects Fields from a database/table. 
   * Also supports INNER JOINS, GROUP BY, ORDER BY.
   *
   * @Author : Jonathon Hibbard
   *
   * @param string $db_name         //Name of Database
   * @param string $table           //Name of Table
   * @param array $fields           //Field Names we want to select
   * @param array $inner            //Fields to be INNER JOINED
   * @param array $where            //WHERE fields.
   * @param string $group_by        //Field to group by.
   * @param string $order_by        //Field to order by
   * @param string $asc             //Asc or Desc order
   * @param string $return_array    //Defines $rst as an array or single row
   * @return $rst                   //Returns the result
   *
   * @example : (1) getFields('mytool','master',
   *                          'array('master.master_id','master.fname_id'));
   *            (2) getFields('mytool','master',
   *                          'array('master.master_id','master.fname_id',
   *                          'fname.fname'), array(0=>array('mytool',
   *                          'fname','master','fname_id',)),
   *                          'master.default_value <> "", false);
   *            (3) getFields('mytool','master','master.master_id',NULL,
   *                          'master.fname_id = "3",NULL,NULL,NULL,false);
   */
  function getFields($db_name=NULL,$table=NULL,$fields=NULL,$inner=NULL,
                     $where=NULL,$group_by=NULL,$order_by=NULL,$asc=NULL,
                     $return_array=true) {
    $C_NAME = __CLASS__."::".__FUNCTION__;
    $sql = "SELECT ";
    is_array($fields) ? $sql .= implode(',',$fields) : $sql .= $fields;
    $sql .= " FROM ".$db_name.".".$table;
    if(!empty($inner)) {
      $total_inners = count($inner);
      for($i=0; $i<$total_inners; $i++)
        $sql .= " INNER JOIN ".$inner[$i][0].".".$inner[$i][1]."
                  ON ".$inner[$i][1].".".$inner[$i][2]." =
                     ".$inner[$i][3].".".$inner[$i][2];
    }
    if(!empty($where)) {
      is_array($where) ? $sql .= " WHERE ".implode(' AND ',$where)
                       : die("Fatal Error : Variable must be an array. 
                         Variable type is : ".gettype($where));
    }
    !empty($group_by) ? $sql .= " GROUP BY ".$group_by : '';
    !empty($order_by) ? $sql .= " ORDER BY ".$order_by : '';
    !empty($asc)      ? $sql .= " ".$asc : '';
    $sql .= " # Query resides in ".__FILE__."->".$C_NAME."
                on line ".__LINE__;
    if($return_array === true) {
      $rst = mysql_query($sql)
             or die("An Error Has Occurred!
                  \n MySQL Error Reports : ".mysql_error()."
                  \n The Error Occured in ".__FILE__." -> ".$C_NAME);
      $i=0;
      while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($rst)) {
        $rowRst[] = $row[$fields[$i]];
        $i++;
      }
    } else {
      $rst = mysql_query($sql)
             or die("An Error Has Occurred!
                  \n MySQL Error Reports : ".mysql_error()."
                  \n The Error Occured in ".__FILE__." -> ".$C_NAME);
      $rowRst = mysql_fetch_assoc($rst);
    }
    return $rowRst;
  }
?>
nick smith
19-Sep-2005 03:07
i'm fairly new to this but have just managed to set up (on windows xp) apache 2.0.54 with php 5.0.4 and mySQL 4.1.13, also phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 having had exactly the problems reported by so many others. i wasnt actually aware of mySQL not being loaded in php until i tried to use phpmyadmin and it told me to check my php/mysql configuration.

basically i just did everything that is mentioned by others (setting extension_dir to c:\php\ext ( not c:\php\ext\ ), uncommenting extension=php_mysql.dll from php.ini and putting c:\php into my PATH) but i was still getting the infuriating message when trying to start apache that php_mysql.dll could not be found.

i restarted my machine and it worked! It seems i had to restart windows after editing my PATH. i didnt bother restarting until it was the last resort because on xp i have NEVER had to do this before - changes to System Variables always took effect immediately. I could understand this on, say, windows 98 where you put the addition to your PATH into your autoexec.bat but why i had to do this with xp is a mystery.

Anyway, give it a go, it might save you tearing out prescious hair!

N.
avis_del at yahoo dot com
01-Sep-2005 04:14
I aggree with j at jonathany.com

PHP 5.04 to MySQL,
php_mysql.dll will not found on windows installer (.msi)
just extract from .zip file (can download).
It works.

1. cgi.force_redirect = 0
2. extension_dir = "c:\php\ext"
3. extension=php_mysql.dll

untill on phpinfo.php show

MySQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links  0 
Active Links  0 
Client API version  4.1.12
claude(at)claude(dot)nl
25-Aug-2005 10:23
A note on resources

When a resource (e.g. a link identifier) runs out of scope, it is deleted and the associated computer resources (e.g. the tcp link to the database) will be terminated as well. So far so good!
However, in the following code the tcp mysql link persists until the end of execution:
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect('hostname', 'username','password');
$conn = null;
sleep (30);
?>
This is because the internally the link-identifier is being saved, so that subsequent mysql functions will work. There seems to be no way to delete this internal reference.
If you were, however, to open 2 connections, the oldest one will be deleted automatically (so the connection to hostname will terminate at the $conn=null statement, the connection to hostname2 will exist till the end of the script).
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect('hostname', 'username','password');
$conn2 = mysql_connect('hostname2', 'username','password');
$conn = null;
$conn2 = null;
sleep (30);
?>
arjen at mysql dot com
04-Aug-2005 04:26
John Coggeshall wrote a PHP5 ext/mysqli compatibility script for applications that still use the old ext/mysql functions. This prevents the hassle of trying to have both the mysql and mysqli extensions loaded in PHP5, which can be tricky.

The script is at:
http://www.coggeshall.org/oss/mysql2i/
allan666 at NOSPAM dot gmail dot com
20-Jul-2005 06:37
[Editor's Note: In MySQL v5.0+, you can use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables to retrieve information on tables, views, databases and so on. --zak@php.net]

Here is a small function to parse a mysql creation table DDL. The function takes a string with the SQL code to create a table and returns the table name, table fields, table key fields and fields type, all in arrays (except by the name, obviously). The function requires that the primary key be named "id" and the foreign keys named "id...". All foreign key types are suposed to be int (or its variations, bigint, etc...). All those restrictions are easily modified to others needs.

Here is a example of a DDL code.

CREATE TABLE `telefones` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `id_tipo_telefone` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `numero` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '',
  `id_pessoa` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
  KEY `id_tipo_telefone` (`id_tipo_telefone`),
  KEY `id_pessoa` (`id_pessoa`),
  CONSTRAINT `0_775` FOREIGN KEY (`id_tipo_telefone`) REFERENCES `tipos_telefone` (`id`),
  CONSTRAINT `0_776` FOREIGN KEY (`id_pessoa`) REFERENCES `pessoas` (`id`)
) TYPE=InnoDB

that returns

$tbname = "telefones"
$fields = array("numero");
$kfields = array("id_tipo_telefone","id_pessoa");
$tipos = array("varchar");

Hope it helps...

<?php
function parseQuery($Q, &$tbname, &$fields, &$kfields, &$tipos) {

/** rules to a corect parse:
 *
 *     1 - primary key must be named "id"
 *     2 - foreign key must be named "id..." eg.: id_field
 *     3 - lowercase is recomended
 */

    $Q = str_replace(array(chr(10),chr(13))," ",$Q);
    $Q = str_replace(array("'","`")," ",$Q);

    preg_match("/([^(]*)\((.*)\)(.*)/",$Q,$A);

    $part1 = $A[1];
    $part2 = $A[2];
    $part3 = $A[3];

    preg_match("/(.*) ([a-zA-Z_]+)/",$part1,$A);

    $tbname = strtolower($A[2]);

    $temp = split(",",$part2);
    foreach ($temp as $t) {
        preg_match("/ *([a-zA-Z_]+) +([a-zA-Z_]+)(.*)/",$t,$A);
        $pcampo = strtolower($A[1]);
        $ptipo = strtolower($A[2]);
        if (!preg_match("/$pcampo/","primary key constraint id unique foreign") )  {
            if ( ($pcampo[0] == "i") && ($pcampo[1] == "d") )
                $kfields[] = $pcampo;
            else {
                $fields[] = $pcampo;
                $tipos[] = $ptipo;
            }
        }
    }
}
?>
mmw_canada at yahoo dot com
10-Jul-2005 09:15
I Quote:

"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."

Actully, the file may have been found, it is just the wrong version.

The "libmysql.dll" is pac