The installer was unable to detect any database support in PHP

[bobghw]

Hi have just uploaded smf to apache webserver and opened install page in browser and receive this message.

"The installer was unable to detect any database support in PHP. Please ask your host to ensure that PHP was compiled with the desired database, or that the proper extension is being loaded."

I have seen some forum entries online with the same error and have uncommented 'extension=php_mysql.dll' in php.ini but still get same error message.

Server hosts other website that also uses Mysql 5.5 and PHP that site is running without issue.

Windows 7
Apache 24
Mysql 5.5
smf 2.0.1

[Illori]

are you sure your server is configured to use mysql and not mysqli? SMF 2.0 does not support mysqli at this time.

[Kindred]

also, are you using SMF v2.0.1 or 2.0.11?

[bobghw]

Thanks for the replies

using
mysql-5.5.49-winx64

was using
smf_2-0-11_install file

but read that it is beta so am now using
smf_2-0-10_install file

when running install for 2.10 version got message that the install script was old and to  download latest from website.
I used the install.php and index.php from 2.11 and received the critical error that prompted this post.

have to say the anti bot letters are incredibly hard to read.

[Kindred]

2.0.11 is not in beta.
2.0.11 is the current release


2.1 is in beta...

[margarett]

Can you post us a phpinfo?

[bobghw]

Resolved

for some reason the..

; For example, on Windows:
;
;   extension=C:\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll
;

was uncommented in the php.ini and I missed it, the extension=C:\php\ext\php_mysql.dll was uncommented as well.

now just extension=C:\php\ext\php_mysql.dll and install went through with no problems.

Thanks for the responses.