Cant find the database driver for MediaWiki during installing

Question

MYSQL and apache server are already installed on my server. But still I encountered these problem. I dont understand the terms to compile php with --with-mysql Where should i compile? i am using window server. or how to install the mysql.so module??

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Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems. PHP 5.2.14 installed Could not find a suitable database driver! For MySQL, compile PHP using --with-mysql, or install the mysql.so module For PostgreSQL, compile PHP using --with-pgsql, or install the pgsql.so module For SQLite, compile PHP using --with-pdo_sqlite, or install the pdo_sqlite.so module For MSSQL, compile PHP using --with-mssql_not_ready, or install the mssql_not_ready.so module For DB2, compile PHP using --with-ibm_db2, or install the ibm_db2.so module For Oracle, compile PHP using --with-oci8, or install the oci8.so module

Answer 1

Look in /php_install_dir/extensions. There should be a file named "php_mysql.dll". If so, enable it in php.ini. If not, download the dll, copy it to the extension dir and enable in php.ini. Remember to restart Apache.

See this page for more info (make sure you read the comments).

Answer 2

Changed this in php.ini. Shouldn't the installer have done this for a Windows installation?

; enable_dl = Off

; CHANGED - This is necessary to enable dynamic loading of Windows .dll modules

; The immediate problem was that PHP could not find a database driver for MySQL

enable_dl = On

Answer 3

For PHP: 5.6.10 and MySQL: 5.0.24a

1. Go to the root folder of PHP installation
2. Find a file called php.ini-production
3. Save the file as php.ini
4. Edit the file and uncomment the following contents
   

;extension=php_mysqli.dll
;extension_dir = "ext"

and replace it with,

extension= php_mysqli.dll
extension_dir = "D:\\Programs\\php\\ext”