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Doc Bug #33187 addition to FAQ for PHP5 & MySQL Installation
Submitted: 2005-05-30 17:51 UTC Modified: 2005-05-31 11:14 UTC
From: webadmin at gotoxdreams dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: linux/redhat
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-05-30 17:51 UTC] webadmin at gotoxdreams dot com 
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I just wanted to suggest an addition to the documentation, where it says that mysql header files aren't included in php5 because most systems already have them.  Well, I'm kind of a novice with linux php and mysql, so I didn't know where to get the header files.  It took me about 4 hours to finally realize that all I had to do was download and install mysql-devel.  I only had mysql-server and mysql-client.  I know common sense should have told me but I guess I'm a bit tired.  I would just make an addition telling users that if they don't have the header files they are located in mysql-devel from mysql's site.  I didn't know if it was in the PECL or PEAR stuff or what.  I know you cant spell everything out for the novices because the documentation would be horrific, but that should just be a small addition that I think might make a lot of people happier :)

Take care, and thanks for the best server-side scripting language,

Will

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 [2005-05-31 11:14 UTC] vrana@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.

I can't see any "mysql-devel" on http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html so I added "You can download 'headers and libraries' from MySQL." to ref.mysql insted.
 
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