Previously I worked with phpdev from firepages.au (apache, mysql and php).
This package contained old apache and php4 and the package has not been maintained/upgraded. So I installed the latest xampp.
php.exe and mysql-nt.exe starts but when I start phpmyadmin from the localhost (http://localhost/xampp/index.php) this message appears:
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1.20 I receive the error "cannot load MySQL extension, please check PHP Configuration".
To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP distribution (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name is probably mysql.so or php_mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the extension but failed.
Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called "PHP-MySQL" or something similar.
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I dont know where to look for a solution.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Ger