XAMPP - php mysql in vista

I've installed XAMPP on my laptop running Vista.

I can run simple PHP programs, and I can work with Mysql databases, the trouble starts when I try to put the two together and interrogate mysql with PHP.

Furthermore, none of the "test" PHP programs which come with XAMPP run properly - I get an error message saying it couldn't find the PHP Mysql extension.

Any ideas how I can fix this ? The XAMPP site is a bit vague when it comes to running on Vista.

Many, many thanks.

Well I can second that as well - Xampp on Vista ist only problems - I hope I will soon see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Good luck

why even use xampp? its not hard to get apache and php and install them separately.

Seriously, go to www.apache.org and click on "http server". Download the most recent version for windows.

Then go to php.net and get the installer setup file.

install apache first, the default settings should be fine to get you started.

Then install PHP. When installing php you can select for it to configure itself for apache (you just need to tell it where the conf directory is which is by default C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf) and also select different extensions to be auto installed and configured (just check the boxes when asked what you want to install). Some good extensions to include are GD, Curl, mcrypt, mysql and mysqli.

Once it's done installing, restart your computer for good measure and you should be all set.

The apache document root is the htdocs folder under apache. If you have trouble with any of the extensions, try going to the php folder/ext/ and copy the extension files to the windows directory then restart apache.