I have installed XAMPP under Windows XP/SP2. There is a desktop icon for XAMPP Control Panel which leads to a page that indicates that both Apache and MySQL are running as services. Status is OK.
When I attempt to display localhost/xampp in a browser, I get the following display:
MySQL - Deactivated
PHP - Activated
HTTPS - Activated
CGI - Deactivated
SSI - Activated
SMTP - Deactivated
FTP Deactivated
When I click on PHPMyAdmin I get the "Cannot load mysql extension. Please check PHP configuration"
There is nothing in phpinfo() for 'mysql'.
When I attempted to load Seagull as my MVC framework, it couldn't get by the MySQL credentials part of the installation, suggesting that it couldn't find MySQL. I am also having some problems with my Zend installation, but these could be independent.
I don't recall getting error messages during the XAMPP install.
What do I need to do to get MySQL and PHPMyAdmin installed correctly?