What caused this “Call to undefined function mysql_connect()” error in PHP?

Question

I have been working on an app for a couple weeks now, using GoDaddy, Windows Server (I know it sucks) everything seemed ok, I have been a PHP programmer for about a year now and have never come across something like this, I have been connecting to a mysql db all day and all of a sudden I'm getting this error:

Call to undefined function mysql_connect() on Line 6

Could some type of a syntax error be causing this?

I was coding a curl that pulled an XML Feed because I couldn't use file_get_contents due to allow_url_fopen = off which seems to be impossible to change on godaddy with a windows server, and all of a sudden I got this error.

What could be causing this?

Here's the Code in question:

session_start();

$hostname = "test.com"; $user = "root"; $pw = "passwd";

$connection = mysql_connect($hostname,$user,$pw) or die("couldnt connect to db"); $db = mysql_select_db ('mydb',$connection) or die("couldnt find db");

I created a PHP5.ini to try to fix the allow_url_fopen and just found this question which could be related: Updating PHP.ini on a GoDaddy Hosted site

I have deleted the PHP5.ini file from the server, but the error still hasn't gone away, maybe it needs some time?

Answer 1

Maybe the MySQL extension is not installed for your PHP installtion. Create a php file and enter this:

<?php
 phpinfo();
?>

See if you find a section called MySQL.

Answer 2

Perhaps they put a PHP installation up without MySQL installed. Sometimes hosts make that mistake.

Try and find an entry for MySQL in phpinfo(); .

Also, see what function_exists('mysql_connect') says.

Answer 3

This was the problem god window sucks

Updating PHP.ini on a GoDaddy Hosted site

Answer 4

Administrative tools / services / MySQL : Start ! Thats it.