Using MySQL with Apache from NuSphere TechPlatfrom

It was not easy to find all checks to do. However, to solve this I did the following ;

1) Open the C:\Program Files\nusphere\TechPlat\apache\bin\php.ini file in an editor (notepad)
2) Remove the leading semicolon from the following line

;extension=php_mysql.dll

3) Locate the below line and make sure you have correct port, for me it was empty at start.

mysql.default_port = 3306

I found 3306 by executing the local mysql command line client and inputed the command status.

4) Save the file
5) Restart Apache server (if you selected NT-service when installing, you have an icon bottom right)
6) In your script, use the following values;

define('DB_HOST','localhost');
define('DB_USER','root');
define('DB_PASS','hobbe'); // or whatever you used as password...
define('DB_NAME','test');

$conn = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS)) or die("Could not connect to db..!");
if (!mysql_select_db(DB_NAME, $conn)) die("Could not select db..!");

$result = mysql_query("show tables;",$conn);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
...
}

All values during installation was default. My PC is a new HP laptop running XP with latest TechPlatfrom from NuSphere.

/Henrik Laurell, Sweden