Is my php and mysql interacting?

[phillipjfry]

I'm new to the whole thing. I have started up apache, enabled php in the httpd.conf file. I also installed the precompiled mysql image. After testing out a page with a <?php phpinfo() ?> I noticed in the "Configure Command" it has
'--with-mysql=/usr'

The precompiled image of MySQL installed at /usr/local/mysql
my $PATH's are setup correctly. So my question: is everything setup correctly?

 

[LBmtb]

How about you test it to make sure it works. Make a php program that creates a simple database, inserts a couple records, and then queries those records. Sure it's the long way but also the fun way.

 

[phillipjfry]

hehe, i am trying, I haven't learned far enough as to how to get php to query mysql for information
Sometimes I ask for an easy way out because of frustration, this is one of those times


Edit: Ok, I tried a small script that php tries to access mysql.

I ran it and I got this error

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /Users/username/Sites/test.php on line 2

I don't have a mysql.sock file on my system anywhere, especially in /var/mysql/
I've tried installing mysql all day today, using different sources each time (since i suspected it wasn't installing right). Thanks in advance

Edit2: Ok it looks like I got everything setup the way it should be. I ended up just dumping the whole /usr/local/mysql folder, installing MAMP and fiddling with those config files (to get them to point to /User/username/Sites folder; and no, changing the DocumentRoot in the GUI settings does NOT work for some reason). Now I just have to learn how to code

 

[LBmtb]

If you learn well from books, pick up Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, it's an O'Reilly book. It helped me tons.

 

[timmillwood]

try w3schools website