Trouble starting MySQL

[Nico Meijer]

Hi Colin,

I missed part of the thread, so I'm sorry if I'm dead wrong here.

> Do you mean that one (or other, or both) must *also* be installed for 
> php to have any clue that MySQL exists?

You need php4-mysql for that. php4-extensions is a meta-port. Read the
pkg-descr in /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions/. php4-extensions will
install php4-mysql for you.

HTH... Nico