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I have installed apache 2.2, php 5.3.27 and MySQL notifier 1.1.4 and what ever version of MySQL comes with that as it didn't say anywhere what version it is, I guess another bug.

php 5.3.27 seems to be the only version for windows binaries.

I have used several versions of apache, php and MySQL over the years.

I have spent hours trying to get the current 3 to work.

apache2.2 works fine.

php works fine.

every time I add PHPinidir to the httpd.conf file php stops working, why do all the setup guides tell me to do this????

I have followed endless guides to configure MySQL to work in php but none of them work.

I always get...

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() in C:\PROJECT\www\index.php on line 26

same if I try mysql_connect() but I believe that is no longer used.

EVERYTIME I SEARCH TO FIND A GUIDE TO SETUP PHP TO USE MYSQL ALL I FIND ARE LINKS TO PAGES AND PAGES OF WAFFLE ABOUT A LOAD OF SHIT AND NO DETAILS HOW TO CONFIURE PHP... SORT IT OUT!!!

I downloaded phpmailer5.1 and this is what I get...

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/London' for '1.0/DST' instead in C:\PROJECT\www\class.phpmailer.php on line 1925

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Europe/London' for '1.0/DST' instead in C:\PROJECT\www\class.phpmailer.php on line 1929

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'phpmailerException' with message 'SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.' in C:\PROJECT\www\class.phpmailer.php:820 Stack trace: #0 C:\PROJECT\www\class.phpmailer.php(705): PHPMailer->SmtpConnect() #1 C:\PROJECT\www\class.phpmailer.php(576): PHPMailer->SmtpSend('Date: Fri, 13 S...', 'This is a test ...') #2 C:\PROJECT\www\index.php(23): PHPMailer->Send() #3 {main} thrown in C:\PROJECT\www\class.phpmailer.php on line 820



WHY CANT ANYONE MAKE SOMETHING THAT BLOODY WELL WORKS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PASS OFF A LOAD OF SHIT AS THE LATEST AND BESTEST VERSION?????